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CHINA
QUEST FOR
KNOWLEDGE1
Name: _________________________________________
Class Period: _________________________________
Introduction
Get to know modern China! Get the facts about its land, products, people, and more. Answer
all the questions by using the resources (links) provided in each section. Once you have
completed all 6 tasks, turn in your work into the substitute teacher by Friday, August 9th.
Task 1: Main Facts
Find out the following information about China. Click here to facts.
(http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/china)
1. Official name:
2. Size:
3. Population:
4. Capital:
5. Official Language:
6. Currency:
7. Climate:
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This Webquest was adapted from https://sites.google.com/site/gnsmancientcivilizations/china-flex-quest by
Claudia Larrotta EHS World Languages Department.
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8. Products:
9. Draw the official flag of China. For best results, use crayons that mimic the colors of the
flag.
Task 2: Sightseeing China
Tour through China's most amazing sites/cities by clicking the names of the
locations listed below on the Time for Kids website. Go on to write a brief description
(3 sentences) of each.
The Great Wall
Forbidden City
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Shanghai
The Grand Buddha
Beijing
Task 3: History Timeline - China
Travel through a timeline of major events in China's History. Find out what
happened in China in the dates below based on the information provided in the Time
for
Kids
Website.
timeline).
Around 1600 B.C.:
Around 221 B.C.:
(http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/china/history-
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1368-1644 A.D.:
1839-1860:
1931-1945:
1949:
1958-1961:
1972:
1989:
1997:
2006:
2010:
Task 4: Native Lingo - China
Listen to the Introduction to Chinese podcast, and answer the questions below.
1. What is the "official" language of the People's Republic of China?
2. Chinese is a language with a large number of words with the same pronunciation, but
different meaning. What distinguishes these homophones from each other?
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3. Mandarin has four ________________ that helps determine the meaning of a word.
4. Chinese is a phonetic language. Is this statement true or false?
5. Chinese is often referred to as a language of pictographs. Is this statement true or false?
6. There are approximately 56,000 Chinese characters, the vast majority of which are
archaic. What does this statement mean?
7. How many characters do you need to know in order to read a Chinese newspaper?
8. What does each Chinese character represent?
9. Chinese is a combination of _______________ or more characters.
10. In 1978, China adopted a system of writing their language using the Roman alphabet. Is
this statement true or false?
11. The system of writing adopted in 1978 is called Pinyin. Is this statement true or false?
12. Chinese has no articles, tenses, or plurals. Is this statement true or false?
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13. Like the English language, what is the word order of Chinese?
Mandarin Chinese is the native language of two-thirds of China’s people. The Chinese
use different characters to represent words. These words are written in English. Find
and write down, the Mandarin equivalent to the greetings and phrases below by
clicking here. (http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/china/native-lingo). In
parenthesis add the phonetic transcription. Follow the example.
1. Hello. Nin hao (neen how).
2. Goodbye.
3. Thank you.
4. You're welcome.
5. I'm speaking Chinese!
6. Where is the bathroom?
7. What is your name?
8. My name is _____________________.
9. Wow, that's so cool!
10. Happy New Year!
Task 5: A Day in the Life: China
What is it like to live in China? Find out how one boy spends a typical school day.
Click here (http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/china/day-in-life) to read
about his life and compare it to your own life by using a graphic organizer: Venn
Diagram, Compare and Contrast, etc. Draw your graphic organizer in the space
below.
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Task 6: China Challenge
How much did you learn during your virtual voyage through China? Find out by
taking the quiz here.( http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/china/challenge)
Once completed, click the "How Did I Do" button and print the results of your test
and staple it to your Webquest or print screen (hit the prntScrn key) the results and
paste it below.