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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from A
Name the two major rivers in China.

3. $100 Answer from A
Huang He and Yangtze Rivers

4. $200 Question from A
Travelers leaving China via the Silk Road traveled
through a:
Mountain pass
Desert
River
Ocean

5. $200 Answer from A
B) desert

6. $300 Question from A
Name the two deserts that border ancient China.

7. $300 Answer from A
Gobi & Taklimakan Deserts

8. $400 Question from A
Which Ocean does China border?

9. $400 Answer from A
Pacific Ocean

10. $500 Question from A List the geographical features that kept ancient
China isolated from the rest of the world.

11. $500 Answer from A Pacific ocean to the east
Himalayan mountains to the southwest
Deserts to the west and north
Jungles to the south

12. $100 Question from B What Chinese philosophy believed that a
“universal force” guides all things and that
humans should follow “the way?”

13. $100 Answer from B
Daoism

14. $200 Question from B Which Chinese philosopher stressed the
importance if relationships?

15. $200 Answer from B
Confucius

16. $300 Question from B Which philosophy did the Qin dynasty follow
that believed in harsh laws and strict punishments?

17. $300 Answer from B
Legalism

18. $400 Question from B
What does filial piety mean?

19. $400 Answer from B
To treat your parents with respect

20. $500 Question from B
Name the five relationships Confucius taught.

21. $500 Answer from B Father and son Older brother and younger brother
Husband and wife
Friend and friend
Ruler and subject

22. $100 Question from C
Define pictograph

23. $100 Answer from C A system of writing that uses simple drawings,
or characters, for words or ideas.

24. $200 Question from C
Define oracle bones

25. $200 Answer from C Animal bones people in the Shang dynasty used
to write questions to the gods.

26. $300 Question from C
Define bureaucracy.

27. $300 Answer from C A system of officials the leader
chooses to help govern.

28. $400 Question from C
Define: Silk Road

29. $400 Answer from C An overland trade network that extended from
Ancient China to Rome.
China got: Buddhism, gold, silver, metals, etc.
China gave: silk, inventions, etc.

30. $500 Question from C
Define: Mandate of Heaven.

31. $500 Answer from C A Chinese belief that their rulers had to have the
approval of the gods to rule. When they lost it,
natural disasters occurred to let the people know
the gods didn’t approve of the dynasty anymore,
so a new dynasty would take power.

32. $100 Question from D
What was the first dynasty in ancient China?

33. $100 Answer from D
Shang

34. $200 Question from D Which dynasty was short lived because the
emperor followed the beliefs of legalism?

35. $200 Answer from D
Qin

36. $300 Question from D Which dynasty ruled during the same time
As the Roman Empire and greatly strengthened
Chinese trade and saw many new inventions to
Make life easier for ordinary people?

37. $300 Answer from D
The Han Dynasty

38. $400 Question from D
Why was Empress Lü important to
Chinese history?

39. $400 Answer from D 1st female emperor.
She ruled China after her husband
Liu Bang died.

40. $500 Question from D Which emperor ended the fighting between
Chinese states and united China to form
the Qin Dynasty?

41. $500 Answer from D
Shi Huangdi

42. $100 Question from E
Why did the ancient Chinese build walls?

43. $100 Answer from E To keep out other Chinese states and northern
barbarians. (remember: the Great Wall was built
over thousands of years)!

44. $200 Question from E What emperor brought present day Korea
and Vietnam under his control & expanded
China southwards & westwards?

45. $200 Answer from E
Wudi (during the Han Dynasty)

46. $300 Question from E
List three ancient Chinese inventions.

47. $300 Answer from E Paper, wheel barrel, silk, watermills
collar harness, gunpowder, fireworks,
seismograph, paper, compass & more!

48. $400 Question from E Why did Shi Huangdi have an army of
Terra Cotta soldiers constructed?

49. $400 Answer from E To guard his tomb from his enemies & serve
him in the afterlife.

50. $500 Question from E What happened late in ancient Chinese history
once the people of China started to trade more?

51. $500 Answer from E
Ideas and inventions spread.

52. Final Jeopardy A two part question: Because of trade on the
Silk Road, what religion entered China and
What philosophy spread from China?

53. Final Jeopardy Answer Buddhism entered China from south Asia.
Confucianism spread from China to other
parts of Asia.