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11754-2015
China
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Mandate Heaven? | A Mandate of Heaven says that governments may rule so long as they do so fairly. A government may rule if it benefits the people. |
| What is Loess? Hint: Dirt | Loesss is a dusty yellow soil that is easily blown/carried by the wind. During summer rains it was into the Huang He river making it muddy yellow. |
| What is steppe? | A steppe is a dry treeless plain. |
| What is a Gorge? | A Gorge is a mountain pass (or valley) with very steep rocky sides. |
| What is a plateau? | A Plateau is a large plain/flat land. |
| What is a famine? Hint: Feast or famine | A Famine is when there is a widespread shortages of food. |
| What is a Grand School? | A Grand School is the best school in the Empire. The best place for Chinese students to be educated. |
| What is a levee? Hint: It holds back the water in a river, but not a dam. | A Levee is wall that keeps a river within its banks so it does not over flow to the sides. |
| What is Confucianism? Hint: Religion | Confucianism are the teachings of Confucius. |
| What is "bureaucracy"? | Bureaucracy is an organization that runs the daily business of the government. |
| What is a Seismograph? Hint: earthquake | A Seismograph is used to detect earthquakes. |
| What is Daoism? | Teaching of Lao Zi. Daoism is a belief that nature should guide people in their lives. He did not believe in the materialistic things or being a in high office of government. |
| What are oracle bones? Hint: Chinese writing known as "Shang Writing" was written on them. | The writing on the bones were used to predict the future. Cow and sheep bones with writing on them were called Oracle Bones. |
| What is a Dynasty? | A dynasty is a long line of rulers who belong to the same family. |
| What is a province? | A province is a political division of land. |
| Who is Genghis Khan? | He was a Mongol leader and political genius. |
| Who is Kublai Khan? | Genghis Khan's grandson, He invaded southern China. Ruled for 27 years. |
| Who is Marco Polo? | He was an Italian merchant traveler who was the first European to reach China. The Silk Road. |
| Who is Fu Hao? | She is wife of King Wu Ding |
| Who is Wu Wang? | He defeated Shang army, established new dynasty in Hanng Walky. |
| Who is Laozi? | He was a famous Chinese thinker. |
| Who is Shihnangdi? | Ying Zeing is his real name. Shihnangdi is his real name. Emperor of China. |
| Who is Liu Pang? | He was a peasant that led the rebellion with Hsiang Yu |
| Who is Duke of Zou? | He was the brother of WuWang's brother. The Duke of Zou ruled for WuWang child until he was old enough to rule. The Dulke was remembered as a great Chinese hero and an example of good leadership. |
| What is Huang He? Hint: Water | It is the Yellow River. It flows about 3,000 miles across Northern China Plains. Where the Haung H floods the Chian Plains. |
| What is the Chang Jiang? Hint: Water following | It is a river on the South Edge of North China. It is also known as the long river. |
| What is the Tibetan Plateau? | The towering Himalayan Mountains form the southern edge of a large high plain called the Tibetan Plateau. The Tibetan Plateau s where the Huang He river starts. |
| Who is Confucius? | China's most famous scholar. His name is Kong Fu Zi. In English it is known as Confucius. He teachings about government and family would change China forever. |
| Who is Wudi? | He was an emperor who ruled China from 140 BC to 87 BC and he decided to expand the Chinese bureaucracy that runs the daily business of government. |
| What is a famine? Hint: No food | A famine is when there is a widespread shortage of food. |
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