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| What continent is China on? |
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| What is the Capital of China? |
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| What are the main rivers in China |
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| Yellow River and Yangtze River (Be able to identify on a map) |
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| What mountain range is in China? |
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| What is the climate like in China? |
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| Very diverse range of climate. Sub-tropical in the South to Sub-Arctic in the North. |
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| What is the largest human-made structure that is in China? |
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| Why was the Great Wall Built? |
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| What is an important crop in China? |
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| What contributions come from ancient China? |
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*the Great Wall *characters & symbols
*the kite and yo yo *noodles
*fireworks *paper
*silk & bronze *wheelbarrow |
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| The Chinese calendar goes in a 12 year cycle. Each year in the cycle is named after a different _________? |
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| What form of writing did they use in ancient China? |
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| an important trade route across Ancient China to Europe. It was thousands of miles long. It was in a very dangerous desert. |
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| What is the ruler in ancient China called? |
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| Who was the first emperor in China? |
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| Describe the flag of China |
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| Red background with a large yellow star and 4 smaller yellow stars on it's right side. Stars are in upper left corner of flag |
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| What kind of geographic features does China have? |
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| forests, bamboo forests, hills, mountains, rivers, and deserts |
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| What does red mean in China? |
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| What does orange mean in China? |
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| What kind of roofs did houses have and why? |
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| curved to keep away evil spirits |
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| families that ruled China. The job of emperor was passed down from father to son. |
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| Why was silk important to ancient China? |
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| Only the Chinese knew how to make it. It was used to make clothes or to trade with. In return they received walnuts, grapes and horses |
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| What job did most do in ancient China? |
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| most were farmers. They planted wheat, millet and sometimes rice. Some people were fishermen |
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| the land was flooded from the water of the Yangtze River. The flooded fields were called Paddies and were plowed by buffaloes. |
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| What do they call the steps in the hills that farmers use? |
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