1. Chalkboard Challenge China Unit
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2. Let’s Play
Final Challenge
Confucianism
Buddhism
Achievements
Government
Hodge-Podge
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3. Confucianism for 100
A philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius, a scholar who taught moral virtues and ethics.
100
What is Confucianism?

4. Principles related to what is right or wrong, a moral lesson or rule
Confucianism for 200
Principles related to what is right or wrong, a moral lesson or rule
200
What is morality?

5. Confucianism for 300
300
They didn’t, Confucian standards no longer determined government positions
How did Mongols use Confucianism in Chinese government while they ran China?

6. The administration of a state examination, the Civil Service Exam
Confucianism for 400
The administration of a state examination, the Civil Service Exam
What government practice was used because of Confucianism’s influence on the Chinese government?
400

7. Confucianism for 500
True
True or False:
Confucianism stressed achievement of morality through education because of Buddhism’s influence?
500

8. Buddhism for 100
Religious belief system which stresses freeing oneself from worldly desires to escape suffering
What is Buddhism?
100

9. Because it taught them how to escape from their suffering
Buddhism for 200
Because it taught them how to escape from their suffering
200
Why did the Chinese convert to Buddhism after the fall of the Han Dynasty?

10. Buddhism for 300
They are too attached to material possessions and selfish ideas
300
According to Buddhism why do people suffer?

11. How could people learn to escape suffering?
Buddhism for 400
400
By living in a wise, moral, and thoughtful way, people can eventually learn to escape suffering.
How could people learn to escape suffering?

12. Buddhism for 500
Confucianism began to stress achievement of morality through education
500
How did Buddhism influence Confucianism?

13. Achievements for 100
Tea
100
What beverage began in China and soon became popular throughout the world?

14. Achievements for 200
200
Magnetic Compass
Which Chinese invention helped make global exploration safer and easier?

15. 300 They figured out a way to produce paper in large quantities.
Achievements for 300
They figured out a way to produce paper in large quantities.
300
How did the Chinese improve the method of paper making?

16. How did wood-block printing affect the lives of the Chinese?
Achievements for 400
400
It increased the number of printed materials in China leading to an increase in their literacy rate (more people learned how to read!)
How did wood-block printing affect the lives of the Chinese?

17. They originally used it for fireworks.
Achievements for 500
500
They originally used it for fireworks.
It was later used for weapons, and forever changed how wars were fought.
How did the Chinese originally use gunpowder AND how was it used in later periods of history?

18. Government for 100
To set as directions, or a rule or law that needs to be followed, done, or obeyed.
100
What does imposed mean?

19. 200 To give or dispense something to someone, to administer
Government for 200
To give or dispense something to someone, to administer
200
What does administration mean when used as a verb?

20. 300 Why did the Tang Dynasty create a bureaucracy?
Government for 300
To help govern the huge empire
Why did the Tang Dynasty create a bureaucracy?
300

21. Government for 400
The Civil Service Exam was changed to include more practical subjects so it was easier for different classes, and not just the rich, to pass the test.
400
How did the Song Dynasty make it easier for citizens from ALL classes to participate in government?

22. What did the Mongols change about Chinese government?
Government for 500
They did not allow Confucian ideas/standards in the government so they took away the Civil Service Exam
500
What did the Mongols change about Chinese government?

23. Hodge-Podge for 100
The Han Dynasty
100
An effort to restore old traditions was made to reunify China after the fall of what Dynasty?

24. The state of being able to read and write What does literacy mean?
Hodge-Podge for 200
The state of being able to read and write
200
What does literacy mean?

25. What did the Tang build to help unify China’s huge empire?
Hodge-Podge for 300
300
More roads and canals
What did the Tang build to help unify China’s huge empire?

26. Hodge-Podge for 400
Confucianism
400
The administration of a state exam resulted from the influence of ___________________ on Chinese government

27. Hodge-Podge for 500
Buddhism
500
Confucianism began to stress achievement of morality through education because of the influence of ______________.

28. Write Your Final Challenge Wager
End Game
More people from different classes (not just the rich) could participate in government
The Song changed the Civil Service Exam to include more practical subjects so that….
Write Your
Final Challenge
Wager
TIME’S
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29. Game Over
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