China Cyberhunt
In this cyberhunt, you will be researching the culture of China. You will be answering questions from selected web sites using complete sentences on your own paper.
Discovery of Tea
1. For how many years have the Chinese been drinking tea?
2. How was tea first used in China?
3. In what dynasty did drinking tea become popular?
Chinese
Inventions
4. What year was the new invention
of paper presented to the emperor?
5. What did
the Chinese use to make paper?
6. When did the Chinese invent
moveable type?
7. How many characters does the
Chinese have in it?
8. When did the Chinese invent
gun powder?
9. What did the Chinese use to
make gun powder?
10. What weapons did the Chinese
use gun powder for?
11. When were the first magnetic
compasses used by Chinese ships?
The Tang Dynasty
12. What
year did the golden age of the Tang Dynasty begin?
13. How could a poor
person in the Tang Dynasty get a job working for the government?
14. How many people
lived in the capital of the Tang?
15. How did Buddhism
get to China?
16. What were the
Three Doctrines of the Tang Dynasty?
The Song Dynasty
17. What is the period
of the Song Dynasty sometimes referred to as?
18. Who visited China
during the Song Dynasty?
19. When did the Song
Dynasty rule China?
20. What was the Song
Dynasty the first government to do?
Confucianism
21. What does Confucianism
stress?
22. What is Confucianism?
23. What is a social
code of behavior?
24. What did the social
code of Confucianism honor?
Buddhism
25. What did Siddhartha want to understand?
26.
What does "the Buddha" mean?
27. Why do
Buddhists look within themselves?
28. What
is karma?
29. How many Buddhists are there
in the world today?
The Four Noble Truths
30. Describe
the Four Noble Truths in your own words.
The Great Wall of China
31. When
was the Great Wall of China built?
32. What
was the purpose of the Great Wall?
33. How long
is the Great Wall?
34. About
how many men died working on the wall?
35. What happened to the peasants who died while working on the wall? (You'll have to scroll down a bit to find
this one.)
Genghis Khan
36. What other names has Genghis Khan been called?
37. What empire did Genghis Khan establish?
Kublai Khan
38. Why was Kublai Khan different than other Chinese rulers?
39. Who was Kublai Khan related to?
40. What famous explorer did Kublai Khan know?
Marco Polo
41. When was Marco Polo born and when did he die?
42. How long
did Marco Polo spend in Asia?
43. In what
city did Marco meet Kublai Khan at?
Scroll down to Years Serviced in Khan's Court.
44. What skill did Marco have that made him valuable to Kublai Khan?
Scroll down to Coming Home.
45. For how many years did the Polo brothers serve Kublai Khan?
46. How long did the sea journey home take?
47. Where was Marco when he wrote the story of his travels in Asia?
48. What was the book called?
49. Why do you think people did not believe Marco?
50. What did Marco say on his deathbed?