Download China Scavenger Hunt

Name: ________________
Ancient China Scavenger Hunt
Use the website http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html to complete the following questions.
1. Choose Geography from the menu on the left. About how many people live in China? ________________
2. What mountain range is found in the west of China? _______________________
3. What are China’s two most important rivers? ________________________
4. Click on the red word “steppes” to find its definition, and write it here. ____________________________
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5. What makes the Yangzi River important?
1 ______________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________
6. Click on Story on the left side (while still in Geography). Who created humans? _____________________
7. What river is the birthplace of Chinese people, according to this legend? ____________________________
8. Which people became rich and lucky, the ones formed by her hand or by her cane? ____________________
9. How did she save the people of China from a great flood? _________________________________________
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10. Click on the Ancient China picture on the left side to get back to the main screen. Next, click on Crafts
and Artisans. What are the two most prized materials in ancient China? __________________________
11. What are four uses for bronze? ____________________________________________________________
12. Click on Explore on the left side. Hover over the picture to find the Jade Workshop, Ceramic Workshop,
and Bronze Workshop. Click on the buckets in the Jade Workshop and describe the carving process.
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________
13. Click on the Bronze Workshop. What color is bronze when it is new, and then old? ________, _________
14. Click on Ancient China to get back to the home page. Next, click on Time. Click on Story on the left side.
Who was the first being, according to Chinese legend? ________________________
15. How did he create the sky and the earth? ________________________________________________
16. What happened to the parts of Pan Gu after he died? ___________________________________________
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17. Click on Explore on the left to view the China Timeline. WHEN and WHERE were the first Chinese
settlers? _________________________________________________________________________
18. What timeframe was the Xia Dynasty? __________________________
19. In which dynasty (look on the sideways timeline label) did writing appear? Also, what year? ___________
20. When was Confucius born? (year and dynasty) __________________
21. When was the first Buddhist community? (year and dynasty) __________________________
22. When was gunpowder discovered? (year and dynasty) ______________________________
23. When did Genghis Khan invade Northern China? _____________________________
24. When did the Last Emperor of China take the throne, and what was his name? ______________________
25. In what year did the People’s Republic of China begin? _________________
26. Click on Ancient China on the left to return to the home page. Next, click on Tombs and Ancestors.
Why did the ancient Chinese put important objects in the tombs? _______________________________
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27. Why would the ancient Chinese perform ceremonies and give offerings to their ancestors? _____________
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28. Click on Story on the left. How did the ancient Chinese ask the gods for help? _______________________
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29. Click on Ancient China to get back to the main page. Next, click on Writing. What is a logogram? (Click
the word to see the definition.) _____________________________________________________________
30. Instead of “letters” or “words,” Chinese writing uses _____________________.
***If you have extra time, click on Geography > Explore from the main page. Explore the different maps in
this section. Try to locate the areas you learned about today, and look for new areas to learn about. Then,
you may play any of the challenge games from this website.***