Dig Deeper: The Great Wall of China

What is special about the Great Wall of China?  Give at least one reason.

Where is the Great Wall of China located?

• Northern part of China

• Southern part of China

True or False:  The Great Wall of China is contiguous, meaning there are no breaks or spaces in it.

• True

• False

What continent is the Great Wall of China on?

How many years old is the start of the Great Wall of China? 

• 300

• 1300

• 2300

• 3000

About how many miles long is the Great Wall of China?

• 13,000

• 2300

• 1300

• 130

Why was it called the Warring States period? 

• Because it was a time of great peace and good fortune for many people in China.

• Because China was one big country that began splitting into many states. 

• Because China wasn't one country and had many separtate states that fought with one another.

What did Qin Shi Huang do to China?

• Started a civil war.

• United all the different states into one country.

• Kept control of just his one small hometown.

What was the point of the wall?

• To protect China from Northern invasions. 

• To have something neat to look at from outer space.

• To show other countries that China had a lot of resources.

During which dynasty was most of the Great Wall of China built?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Ming

• Han