Ancient China -- Achievements

Ancient China Achievements

An achievement is something important that a group of people created, discovered, or improved long ago that helped their society grow or made life better.

Multiple Choice

What does this Buddhist symbol represent?

• the 8 StepPath

• the great ship of life

• the Four Noble Truths

Multiple Choice

What is "Karma?"

• a name of a chameleon

• the result of our actions

• a club for people who do bad things

Multiple Choice

What is this symbol?

• Nirvana

• Ying Yang

• dharma

Multiple Choice

What is Confucianism based on?

• the dulcet tones of Adele

• the teachings of Confucius

• the speeches of Gandhi

• the writings of Stephen King

Match

Match the following

Buddhism

Taoism

Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Taoism

• Confucianism

Multiple Choice

What continent is China part of?

• Europe

• North America

• Asia

• Africa

Match

Match the following

• Gobi

• Himalayan

• Northeastern

• Tibetan

Desert

Mountains

Plain

Plateau

• Desert

• Mountains

• Plain

• Plateau

Multiple Choice

What is Filial Piety?

• Respecting and caring for your elders

• A religion started by Confucius

• A mountain range

• A country in a

Multiple Choice

The Wheel

• China

• Israel

• Greece

• Mesopotamia

• Rome

Multiple Choice

The first sewer and sanitation systems

• China

• Rome

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

• India

Multiple Choice

cuneiform

• Israel

• Egypt

• Greece

• Mesopotamia

• India

Multiple Choice

Hieroglyphics

• Egypt

• Israel

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

• India

Multiple Choice

Ziggurats

• Israel

• Egypt

• Greece

• Mesopotamia

• India

Multiple Choice

Papyrus

• Egypt

• Israel

• Rome

• Greece

• India

Multiple Choice

Streets laid out in a grid-like system

• Egypt

• Israel

• Rome

• Greece

• India

Multiple Choice

Epic of Gilgamesh

• Greece

• China

• Rome

• Mesopotamia

• India

​The Chinese wrote using characters and symbols.

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​The Ancient Chinese were the first to make paper out of

trees.​

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​They also created the first

printing presses.​

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​They built the Great Wall of China to keep out invaders.

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​The Chinese also created the fabric known as

silk.​

​It was made out of the cocoons of silkworms.

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​They also invented gunpowder and fireworks.

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​Fireworks were first used to scare off evil spirits and ghosts.

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​The Ancient Chinese also invented kites.

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​Art

​They created beautiful works of art out of stone, pottery, porcelain and jade.

​They built wood framed homes with ceramic tiled roofs as well as massive temples and palaces

​Architecture

Farming

• developed advanced irrigation system

• terrace farming

Canals

​A canal is a human-made waterway that allows boats and ships to pass from one body of water to another. Canals are also used to transport water for irrigation and other human uses

Levees

Levees are designed to reduce flood risk from flooding events

Open Ended

Why were achievements in agriculture important?

Compass and Shipbuilding

Ancient Chinese ships were advanced because they were large, strongly built vessels with watertight compartments, multiple masts, efficient sails, and early use of the magnetic compass, making them safer, faster, and better for long-distance travel than European ships of the time.

​The Great Wall of China

Poll

Can the Great of Wall be seen from space? FYI, "space" is defined as 62 miles above sea level.

• Yes

• No

No you can not see the Great Wall from space

The Great Wall is a Wonder of the World

• Others wonders in this list:

  Colosseum (Rome), Stonehenge (England), Taj Mahal (India), Chichen Itza (Mexico), Petra (Jordan), Machi Picchu (Peru), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)

Multiple Choice

About how long is the Great Wall of China today?

• 200 miles

• 1,200 miles

• 13,100 miles

• 15,000 miles

The History of the Great Wall

• Its construction lasted over 2,300 years (680 BCE – 1681 CE).

How big was the wall?

• 13,100 miles long

• Average height: 23 feet

• Average width-21 feet

• Remember that this is NOT a fully connected wall

This was not only a massive physical wall but also a

• Psychological wall

• Sent a strong message about the strength of China

• This proved to be a feat for any invaders especially for the Huns & Mongols

In order to help defend against invaders, the Great Wall had

• Supplies & weapons

• Housing for soldiers

• Watchtowers (most important)

• Why were the watchtowers the most important?

The watchtowers could alert other soldiers on the wall of an attack

• Used fire and smoke signals

• The "message" could be passed along the wall using fire/smoke