Kite Rider Ancient China

According to the video, what does every civilisation need in some form or another to get going?

• Animals

• Land

• Water

• People

Complete: "Egypt has the Nile, Mesopotamia has the Tigris and Euphrates, and China has the .................... River"

• Red River

• Blue River

• Pink River

• Yellow River

When does our first glimpse of the Chinese written language come from?

• The Shang Bronze Age

• The Quing Bronze Age

• The Chen Bronze Age

• The Shawerma Bronze Age

How did the oracles tell which futures would come true?

• Tying statements to feathers and letting them fly off in the breeze; if they landed pointing North, they would come true.

• Inscribing statements on turtle bone and throwing them into a fire to see which cracked and would come true.

• Engraving different statements into wax and slow burning them above a candle; whichever burnt first left the remaining truth.

Complete the title of Sun Tzu's famous book, 'The Art of ...........'

• Noodles

• Peace

• Love

• War

The core philosophical pillar of Ancient China is 'The Mandate of Heaven'. It means:

• That if you rule your kingdom with strength, the Devil will fear you.

• That if you rule your kingdom justly, you will keep ruling happily and no-one will take it from you.

• That if you rule your kingdom with love, you will find true love amongst its people.

What does Confucius teach?

• Devotion to the Government, Gentlemanly Behaviour, Kindness to Teachers.

• Devotion to Netflix, Unruly Behaviour, Regular Tik Toks.

• Devotion to God, Good Behaviour, Modest Dress Sense.

• Devotion to Parents, Gentlemanly Behaviour, Good Morals.

Where does the name "China" came from?

• Hang Tze Chine, the ferocious warlord who invaded and conquered China around 470 BC via the famous 'Trojan Horse' method.

• The Qin Dynasty, a powerful but brutal ruling force around 300 BC.

• The beautiful plates and bowls with the blue artwork famously produced there.

• It was named after China House.

The famous Terracotta Army, a discovery of approximately 8000 human-sized armed soldiers, horses and chariots, is the product of which dynasty?

• Xio Dynasty

• Terree Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

• Shang Dynasty

What kicked the Han into its Golden Age of trade, learning, and and economy around the 1st Century BC?

• The creation of The Silk Road, a route to the Mediterranean where the Han sent their beautiful silk and foreign merchants travelled to obtain it?

• The creation of the Alexandria-Cairo Desert Road, where Ms Terry met a donkey last night?

• The creation of the Mongol Road, a route from China to Mongolia that enabled the new rulers of China to travel easily for business?

• The creation of the Oracle Road, where fortune-tellers would read the fortunes of kings and aristocrats, that even attracted the attention of Alexander the Great.