Fast and Curious: China

The Great Wall of China was originally made of

• mud bricks

• bronze

• dirt

• tin

the nomadic people who lived across the border from China in modern day Mongolia

The Chinese sometimes call the Huang He River _________.

• the Middle Kingdom

• China's Sorrow

• the Gobi

• Chang Jiang

China's first dynasty was the _______.

Confucius believed that peace would come to China if people would ______.

• follow the beliefs of their ancestors

• turn away from worldly affairs

• adopt a strict code of laws

• put individual rights first

This image of a child cleaning for his parent, represents the Chinese concept of

Which two dynasties contributed to the building of the early Great Wall of China?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

• Han

Which difficulties did traders face on the Silk Road?

• long distances and bad weather

• vast deserts and high mountains

• bandits and thieves

• flooding from the Yangtze River

Reorder the following events in chronological order

• The Zhou ruled China for more than 800 years—longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.

• Kings of the Shang dynasty, serving as political, religious, and military leaders, controlled only a small area of northern China.

• Buddhism spreads from India to China

• construction of the early Great Wall of China

• The Life of Confucius: his teachings encouraged people to value morality, justice, and sincerity in dealings with others. Confucianism was based on the teachings of his name.

The terracotta army was an archaeological discovery from the _____ dynasty.