Ancient China Cyberhunt
Team 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.
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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.________________________
Find the answers at: http://www.crystalinks.com/chinascience.html
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? ______________________
Find the answers at: http://www.crystalinks.com/chinascience.html
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? _________________
Find the answers at: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese_types.htm#types
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?
__________________________________________________________________________
Find the answers at: http://education2.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/taboos.html
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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Find the answers at:
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/
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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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Find the answers at:
7.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/
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.
Find the answers at: http://china.mrdonn.org/newyear.html
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? _______________________
Find the answers at:
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/CHINA-WALL.HTML
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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Find the answers at:
http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/history.html
10. How is the number 10 written in Chinese?
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What is the Chinese pronunciation for the number ten in Chinese? ___________________
Find the answers at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/China/numbers
11. The panda is a symbol of peace in China.
The Chinese people call the panda "Da xiong
mao," which means what in Chinese?_______________________________________
Find the answers at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/panda/
Now that you have completed your Cyberhunt, choose one or more of the above websites to
explore further to learn more about ancient China.