Ancient China CyberhuntTeam Members:
______
Directions: Working as a group, you will need______
to find the answers to each of the following______
questions at the listed web sites.
1.The ancient Chinese created many important inventions that are now used around the world, such as paper money and gunpowder. They were also the first to harvest silk. Name five uses for it:
1.______2.______3.______
4.______5.______
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2.Another invention, the compass, had a religious use. What was it? ______
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In the first clock ever, what held up a plaque to tell the time? ______
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3.Chinese writing developed more than 3,500 years ago. Each character, or symbol, stands for a word. Characters based on pictures of things are also known as pictographs.
What word is made when you combine the symbols for woman and child? ______
What word is made when you combine the symbols for cow and roof? ______
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4.On the stroke of midnight every year, what does every household have to do to let the old year out? ______
Why is it believed you shouldn’t you wash your hair on the first day of the Chinese New Year? ______
Why are they not to use scissors or knives on New Year’s Day? ______
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5.The Great Wall is one of the largest construction projects ever completed. What are the three materials it was mostly constructed of?
______
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6.According to three astronauts, the Great Wall is NOT visible from the moon. Who are the three astronauts?
______
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7.According to Chinese New Year superstition, long ago, in Han Times there was a monster whose name was "Nian". This monster came once each year to a little village and scared everyone! But the villagers found out that he was afraid of two things. They were:
______and ______
and this is why ______are rattled on Chinese New Year.
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8.The Great Wall stretches for 4,160 miles across North China. What most visitors see of the Wall now was restored in the Ming dynasty, when stone slabs replaced clay bricks. It took 100 years to rebuild and it is said that the amount of material used in the present wall alone is enough to circle the world at the equator how many times? ______
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9.Origami, the art of paper folding, is thought to have begun in China around the first or second century, A.D.
Why was the art of origami initially reserved for the wealthy or for the nobility?
______
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10. How is the number 10 written in Chinese? ______
What is the Chinese pronunciation for the number ten in Chinese? ______
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11. The panda is a symbol of peace in China. The Chinese people call the panda "Da xiong
mao," which means what in Chinese?______
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Now that you have completed your Cyberhunt, choose one or more of the above websites to explore further to learn more about ancient China.