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WW: China
Who's Who Review: China
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I am a river. I am where the classical Chinese civilization was centered. I am also known as the Yellow River and China's Sorrow. What am I? | Huang He River |
| I am the name the Chinese called their kingdom because they felt they were the only civilized land in the world and that everyone else were barbarians. What am I? | Middle Kingdom |
| I am fertile soil that was deposited after a river flooded. What am I? | Loess |
| I am a river in China. I am also known as the Chang River. What am I? | Yangtze River |
| We are mountain ranges that helped isolate China. What are we? | Kunlun Shan and Himalayas |
| I am a desert located in the north of China. I helped to isolate China. What am I? | Gobi |
| I am a family of rulers whose right to rule is hereditary, or passed down through the family. What am I? | Dynasty |
| We are an early Chinese people who ruled during the Neolitic Era. We used written symbols and advanced agriculture methods. Who are we? | Xia (Shyah) |
| We are invaders of the Huang River valley who established the first dynasty in China. Who are we? | Shang Dynasty |
| I am a government organized into different levels and tasks. What am I? | Bureaucracy |
| I am the belief that spirits inhabit everything. What am I? | Animism |
| We are used by Chinese priests. They wrote questions on us, heat us up, and interpret the cracks that formed. What are we? | Oracle Bones |
| I am a variation of the same language. I develop when people who live in different areas or regions develop different ways of speaking the same language. What am I? | Dialect |
| I am the Chinese way of writing. I am very fluid and artistic. What am I? | Calligraphy |
| I am a type of government in which the ruler holds absolute power. What am I? | Autocracy |
| I am a centralized system that runs the day-to-day business of government. People who wanted a job in this system had to pass a test. What am I? | Civil Service System |
| I am an economic policy in which the government uses price controls to balance the effects of surpluses or shortages. What am I? | Leveling |
| I am a man made structure. I was built to protect China from invasions. What am I? | Great Wall of China |
| I am a trade route that stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea. What an I? | Silk Road |
| We represent the balance of two forces. One of us represents the force that is female, dark, and passive. The other represents the force that is male, bright, and active. What are we? | Yin and Yang |
| I am the founder of Confucianism. Who am I? | Confucius |
| I am a collection of the ideas and teachings of Confucius. What am I? | Analects |
| I am the founder of Daoism. Who am I? | Laozi |
| I am the dynasty that overthrew the Shang Dynasty. Our emperors ruled under the Mandate of Heaven. What am I? | Zhou Dynasty |
| I am a dynasty. The name "China" is derived from my name, but I was the shortest ruling dynasty. The Great Wall was begun during my dynasty. What am I? | Qin Dynasty |
| I am the longest ruling dynasty. During my dynasty a civil service system was instituted and trade along the Silk Road grew. What am I? | Han Dynasty |
| I am the belief that spirits of ancestors could bring good or bad fortune to the living. What am I? | Ancestor worship |
| We are a series of books used to train scholars and civil servants. What are we? | Five Classics |
| I established the Qin Dynasty and employed Legalist ideas to control my empire. I am also known as Cheng. Who am I? | Qin Shi Huangdi |
| I was a commoner who became a general and founded the Han Dynasty. I was a more moderate leader than previous emperors. Who am I? | Liu Bang |
| I am the longest ruling Han emperor. My reign is known as "The Great Beginning." Who am I? | Liu Ch'e (Wudi) |
| I am a Chinese philosophy. I taught that humans are good, and emphasized a code of politeness, filial piety, and education. I became the foundation for Chinese government and society during the Han Dynasty. What am I? | Confucianism |
| I am a Chinese philosophy. My name means "The Way" and I emphasize harmony with nature, living a simple life, inner peace, and humility. What am I? | Daoism or Taoism |
| I am a collection of the teachings of Laozi and am associated with Daoism. What am I? | Dao De Jing |
| I am a Chinese philosophy started by Han Fei during the Zhou Dynasty. I teach that people are evil and selfish and that laws should have clear and strict punishments. I was adopted by the Qin Dynasty. What am I? | Legalism |
| I am a religion. I was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in India and spread to China by missionaries. Some of my major beliefs include the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Mahayana form of me became popular in China. What am I? | Buddhism |
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