2. Great Wall of China By: Gianna Capobianco

3. Chinese against Mongols TTTTook place in Qin Dynasty CCCChinese and the Mongols didn’t have the best relationship MMMMongols didn’t invite Chinese to government MMMMongols did invite most of Asia though

4. Qin Shi Huang  Emperor Qin Shi Huang over heard about an attack to be planned on China from the Mongols  He told citizens, that he would build a wall to protect all of China  Book- burner didn’t want anyone smarter than him  Very strict tyrant

5. Shan Yu  Was in the movie Mulan  In a group called the Huns  Known as The Blue Wolf of Mongolia  Mongols were citizens of Mongolia  Evil participant in Huns

6. The process  Took all the prisoners out of jail  Had 100 million people work on it  100 people died each month  The base camps  Took 10 years to build

7. Wall Geography  The wall was about 4,000 miles long  From the tip of Florida to the North Pole  Is from Shanhaiguan (north) to Giayuguan (south)

8. When it was built  Once the wall was built Mongol’s came  They breached the wall  A little destruction but still stayed up  Chinese defeated the Mongols

9. FUN FACTS  U.S. historical connection to the Great Wall-  1972,Richard Nixon  1 st U.S. president invited to visit Great Wall

10. Fun Fact #2  CT historical connection to Great Wall-  1979, Connecticut Falcons World Champion  Women's professional fast pitch softball league  Invited to visit China and Great Wall

11. Credits  Tim McNeese, The Great Wall Of China, Lucent books INC, San Diego California 1997  Lesley A Dutemple, The Great Wall Of China, Lerner Publications Company,Minneapolis 2003  https://sites.google.com/site/iwpsfalcons/china-road-trip https://sites.google.com/site/iwpsfalcons/china-road-trip  http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/42-58/great-wall-of-china-from-space.html http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/42-58/great-wall-of-china-from-space.html  Mr.Cayer for letting me choose this topic  Mrs. Boyd for helping me with everything  The Zupkus family for lending all these wonderful decorations  And to all of you for listening!  THANK YOU!