Ancient China Flashcards

1
Q

What is the 2nd longest river in Asia?

A

Huang He

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2
Q

What does Huang He mean?

A

Yellow River

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3
Q

What makes the Huang He yellow?

A

silt

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4
Q

What is the longest river in Asia?

A

Yangtze

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5
Q

What kind of scientist digs up the past to learn about civilizations?

A

Archaeologists

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6
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What is the name of the water way that connects the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers?

A

The Grand Canal

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7
Q

What spring celebration is where China that honors ancestors?

A

Quingming Festival

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8
Q

What does Quingming mean?

A

Clear and bright

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9
Q

What is another festival that honors ancestors that is celebrated in August in Southern China?

A

Hungry Ghost Festival

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10
Q

What do people offer unloved ancestors, or angry ghosts, so they won’t be angry?

A

Food

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11
Q

Who, in ancient China, spoke out against war and said that if people were kinder, there would be less fighting?

A

Confucius

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12
Q

What did people call Confucius?

A

Master

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13
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Long ago, nomads lived in the lands outside of ancient China. What are nomads?

A

People without permanent homes who follow herds of animals.

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13
Q

How did Confucius want leaders to act.

A

Like thoughtful parents.

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13
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Why did the Chinese NOT want the nomads on their land?

A

They didn’t like that they did not settle in one place without a government

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14
Q

Who was the first emperor of China?

15
Q

What did the Chinese build to keep the nomads off of their land?

A

The Great Wall

16
Q

How long is the Great Wall?

A

5,500 miles

17
Q

How many styles of writing did Emperor Qin want for China?

18
Q

Why is learning to write Chinese harder than learning to write English?

18
Q

What did people in ancient China do that made making books easier?

A

They invented small blocks of wood with words on them that they would press onto paper.

18
Q

Who did Emperor Qin appoint to develop a Chinese language?

19
Q

According to legend, how did Si Ling-chi discover silk?

A

A cocoon of a caterpillar fell into her teacup and she saw a tiny thread.

20
Q

Why did the Chinese guard the secret of how to make silk?

A

There was a lot of money to be made selling silk.

21
Q

What color did leaders in Ancient China often wear?

22
Q

What was the main road from Europe to China known as?

23
Q

What is the most important celebration for the Chinese?

A

Chinese New Year

24
Q

In China, what is the color of fortune and happiness?