Mrs. Lee's Sixth Grade History Class
Ancient and Medieval China Scavenger Hunt
Back to Webquest/Scavenger Hunt page
Here is a collection of links to use to answer questions about Ancient and Medieval China. (Not all pages are necessary to answer the questions.) Read the question, click on the hyperlink, and explore! Write your answers on your copy of the Webquest.
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Forgotten
Wonders: The Great Wall of China
The
Great Wall
2. Qin Emperors - Terra Cotta Soldiers (several pages)
Pictures of Terra Cotta Soldiers
Discovery Online, Secrets of the Great Wall - Qin (Be sure to ZOOM in on the picture of Pit #1!)
3. Discovery Online, Secrets of the Great Wall - Han
5. Discovery Online, Secrets of the Great Wall - Ming
7. China the Beautiful - Portraits of Emperors
8. Genghis Khan
10. Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
The Webquest Questions
Use the hyperlinks on the Webquest page to explore some online pages about China. Answer the questions below in complete sentences.
1. Archeologists have unearthed great piles of flammable material which they think was burned on the watchtowers of the Great Wall of China to warn of invasion. What two things did they find stockpiled?
2. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, was a repressive ruler who burned all the Confucian texts he could find because he thought they encouraged free thinking. He also was the first ruler to unite the existing segments of fortified walls into the Great Wall of China.
How many terra cotta soldiers are buried in Qin Shi Huang's tomb?
How were they made?
What was the tomb designed to be representative of?
What shows the ranks of the various terra cotta soldiers?
3. During the Han Dynasty, scientists invented many valuable instruments. Describe their simple seismograph.
4. What is the "Dynastic Cycle"?
5. The Ming Dynasty was famous for its rebuilding and extension of the Great Wall. What technological development made this possible? What was the steepest angle that the wall climbs? Draw this angle with your compass.
6. Draw an example of each of the following types of money. Name one dynasty that used this type of money.
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Spade Coins Knife Coins Cowry Coins Rounded Coins
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7. How do the portraits of Taizong and Jen-tsung differ? How is each posed? Dressed?
(Be patient - these take a few minutes to download.)
8. Genghis Khan - use the timeline to answer each of these questions:
a. What does Temujin mean in Mongolian?
b. Who killed Temujin's father and how?
c. What fact did court historians leave out of the official records of Genghis Khan's life?
d. What three things did Genghis Khan do to unite the tribe into one people?
e. How did the Mongol army survive the crossing of the Gobi Desert?
f. What did Shah Muhammed do that enraged Genghis Khan?
g. How do we know that the Mongols took Genghis Khan's wish for secrecy about his death seriously?
9. Using the map of the Forbidden City, find one thing that is notable about a feature of the North, South, East, West, and Middle portion of the Forbidden City. Write the name of the palace or area and what you find notable.
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South -
East -
West -
Middle -
10. Use the paintings to answer the following questions:
a. What difference do you notice about the paintings that show Confucian influences and the paintings that show Daoist influence? Give an example of each.
b. Notice the dates of the paintings. What change over time do you notice with regard to the use of color?
c. How did the Chinese regard calligraphy? What aspects did the calligrapher want his/her audience to notice?