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Ancient China Webquest
Go to Mr. Dowling’s Electronic Passport Website (Chinese History):
http://www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html
Please answer each question from each section (when assigned).
Must be typed and double-spaced with size 12 font.
Section 1:
Click on Dynasty. Read and answer the following questions.
1. Define Dynasty.
2. How did the people come by their rulers?
Section 2:
Click on Confucius. Read and answer the following questions.
3. Confucius was known to be a what (Two names)? Jen means?
4. Society functioned best by?
Section 3:
Click on The Legalists. Read and answer the following questions.
5. Legalists believed different about man than Confucius. What was their belief about man?
6. How many years did the Legalists rule in China?
7. Why were books banned? What books were allowed?
8. Why did Confucius teachings survive the book burning?
Section 4:
Click on The Great Wall. Read and answer the following questions.
9. Why was the Great Wall built?
10. How long was the Great Wall?
11. Can the Great Wall be seen from the Moon?
Section 5:
Click on The Mongols. Read and answer the following questions.
12. What does Chung-Ko mean?
13. Define Steppe.
14. Why didn’t the Mongols bathe?
15. Where did the Mongols execute bugs?
Section 6:
Click on Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan. Read and answer the following questions.
16. What did Temujin do to the tribes?
17. The name Genghis Khan means?
18. Why was Genghis Khan a successful ruler?
19. Who was Kublai Khan?
20. How large was the empire under his control?
21. Name the two improvements he did for China?
Section 7:
Click on The Silk Road. Read and answer the following questions.
22. Where did the Silk Road lead to?
23. Besides items, what else was exchanged on the Silk Road?
24. Why was the Silk Road dangerous?
25. Why did the Silk Road become less important over time?
Section 8:
Click on Marco Polo. Read and answer the following questions.
26. Where was Marco Polo from and what did he do?
27. Why did Kublai Khan feel comfortable with the Polos?
28. When did the Polos return home?
29. Who captured Marco and where did they put him?
Section 9:
Click on The Taipang Rebellion. Read and answer the following questions.
30. What was the Taipang Rebellion?
31. Hong believed he was?
32. What does Taipang mean?
33. How did Hong die?
Section 10:
Click on The Boxer Rebellion. Read and answer the following questions.
34. What does “open door policy” mean?
35. Who were the Boxers? Who were they attacking?
36. When was Beijing captured by foreigners?
Go to Timeline of Ancient China Dynasties Website:
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html
Section 11:
37. How many dynasties were there in all?
38. What is the time period of the Three Kingdoms?
39. What was between 907-960 A.D.?
40. What happened between 475-221 B.C.?
Section12:
41. Create an artifact that you would have used or found in Ancient China (Ex: Terra-cotta soldiers, etc.)