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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question fromA

Name the two major rivers in China.

$100 Answer from A

Huang He and Yangtze Rivers

$200 Question fromA

Travelers leaving China via the Silk Road traveledthrough a:a)Mountain passb)Desertc)Riverd)Ocean

$200 Answer fromA

B) desert

$300 Question fromA

Name the two deserts that border ancient China.

$300 Answer fromA

Gobi & Taklimakan Deserts

$400 Question fromA

Which Ocean does China border?

$400 Answer fromA

Pacific Ocean

$500 Question fromA

List the geographical features that kept ancientChina isolated from the rest of the world.

$500 Answer fromA

•Pacific ocean to the east•Himalayan mountains to the southwest•Deserts to the west and north•Jungles to the south

$100 Question from B

What Chinese philosophy believed that a “universal force” guides all things and thathumans should follow “the way?”

$100 Answer from B

Daoism

$200 Question fromB

Which Chinese philosopher stressed the importance if relationships?

$200 Answer from B

Confucius

$300 Question from B

Which philosophy did the Qin dynasty followthat believed in harsh laws and strict punishments?

$300 Answer from B

Legalism

$400 Question from B

What does filial piety mean?

$400 Answer from B

To treat your parents with respect

$500 Question from B

Name the five relationships Confucius taught.

$500 Answer from B

1. Father and son2. Older brother and younger brother3. Husband and wife4. Friend and friend5. Ruler and subject

$100 Question from C

Define pictograph

$100 Answer from C

A system of writing that uses simple drawings, or characters, for words or ideas.

$200 Question from C

Define oracle bones

$200 Answer from C

Animal bones people in the Shang dynasty usedto write questions to the gods.

$300 Question from C

Define bureaucracy.

$300 Answer from C

A system of officials the leader chooses to help govern.

$400 Question from C

Define: Silk Road

$400 Answer from C

An overland trade network that extended from Ancient China to Rome.

China got: Buddhism, gold, silver, metals, etc.China gave: silk, inventions, etc.

$500 Question from C

Define: Mandate of Heaven.

$500 Answer from C

A Chinese belief that their rulers had to have the approval of the gods to rule. When they lost it,natural disasters occurred to let the people knowthe gods didn’t approve of the dynasty anymore, so a new dynasty would take power.

$100 Question from D

What was the first dynasty in ancient China?

$100 Answer from D

Shang

$200 Question from D

Which dynasty was short lived because theemperor followed the beliefs of legalism?

$200 Answer from D

Qin

$300 Question from D

Which dynasty ruled during the same timeAs the Roman Empire and greatly strengthenedChinese trade and saw many new inventions toMake life easier for ordinary people?

$300 Answer from D

The Han Dynasty

$400 Question from D

Why was Empress Lü important toChinese history?

$400 Answer from D

1st female emperor.

She ruled China after her husband Liu Bang died.

$500 Question from D

Which emperor ended the fighting betweenChinese states and united China to formthe Qin Dynasty?

$500 Answer from D

Shi Huangdi

$100 Question from E

Why did the ancient Chinese build walls?

$100 Answer from E

To keep out other Chinese states and northernbarbarians. (remember: the Great Wall was builtover thousands of years)!

$200 Question from E

What emperor brought present day Koreaand Vietnam under his control & expandedChina southwards & westwards?

$200 Answer from E

Wudi (during the Han Dynasty)

$300 Question from E

List three ancient Chinese inventions.

$300 Answer from E

Paper, wheel barrel, silk, watermillscollar harness, gunpowder, fireworks,seismograph, paper, compass & more!

$400 Question from E

Why did Shi Huangdi have an army ofTerra Cotta soldiers constructed?

$400 Answer from E

To guard his tomb from his enemies & servehim in the afterlife.

$500 Question from E

What happened late in ancient Chinese history once the people of China started to trade more?

$500 Answer from E

Ideas and inventions spread.

Final Jeopardy

A two part question: Because of trade on theSilk Road, what religion entered China and What philosophy spread from China?

Final Jeopardy Answer

•Buddhism entered China from south Asia.•Confucianism spread from China to other parts of Asia.