Achievements Religion Geography + Pot Pourri
Art of writing characters beautifully What is calligraphy? Category 1 Question 1
In the West, porcelain is sometimes called this. What is china? Category 1 Question 2
The Chinese discovered that they could use this to heat things and make steel. What is coal? Category 1 Question 3
These Chinese inventions allowed soldiers to fight on horseback. What are saddles and stirrups? Category 1 Question 4
Acupuncture is an example of Chinese this. What is medicine? Category 1 Question 5
This philosophy taught that all men with a talent for governing should take part in government. What is Confucianism? Category 2 Question 1
This philosophy taught that people should turn to nature and give up wordly concerns. What is Daoism? Category 2 Question 2
Taught that people needed harsh laws and punishment to make them live rightly. What is Legalism? Category 2 Question 3
The Tang dynasty returned to the ideas of this philosopher to reduce the popularity of Buddhism in China. Who was Confucius? Category 2 Question 4
Taught that the cause of all suffering is desire What is Buddhism? Category 2 Question 5
This was built and extended to keep out enemies What is the Great Wall? Category 3 Question 1
A network of trade routes that extended from China to southwest Asia What was the Silk Road? Category 3 Question 2
Only about this much of China’s land was suitable for farming. What is 10 percent? Category 3 Question 3
A cold, rocky desert east of the Kunlun Shan and Tian Shan Mountains What is the Gobi desert? Category 3 Question 4
A period of violence that made people look for ways to restore order. What is the Period of Warring States? Category 3 Question 5
An organized way in which people produce, buy, and sell things. What is an economy? Category 4 Question 1
A military leader with their own armies. What is a warlord? Category 4 Question 2
Many Chinese thought that Buddhist monks and nuns weakened respect for family life because they weren’t allowed to participate in this. What is marriage? Category 4 Question 3
The only woman in Chinese history to rule a country on her own. Who was Empress Wu? Category 4 Question 4
Category 4 Question 5 The Zhou dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule. What was the Mandate of Heaven?