Ancient China

Question 1

Oracle bones

Answer 1

Predicts the future.

Question 2

Jade

Answer 2

Gem stone.

Question 3

Lords

Answer 3

Lords, or people of high rank.

Question 4

Peasant

Answer 4

Peasant, or farmers with small farms.

Question 5

Confucius

Answer 5

The ideas of Confucius are known as confucianism.

Question 6

Ethics

Answer 6

Ethics, or moral values.

Question 7

Confucianism

Answer 7

Is a unique teaching.

Question 8

Daosim

Answer 8

Stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality.

Question 9

Laozi

Answer 9

The most famous Daoist teacher.

Question 10

Legalism

Answer 10

The belief that people were bad at nature and needed to be controlled.

Question 11

Shi Huangdi

Answer 11

First emperor

Question 12

Great wall

Answer 12

A barrier that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier.

Question 13

Sundial

Answer 13

Early type of clock.

Question 14

Seismograph

Answer 14

A device that measures the strength of an earthquake.

Question 15

Acupuncture

Answer 15

The practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure diseases or relieve pain.

Question 16

Silk

Answer 16

A soft, light, highly valued fabric.

Question 17

Silk road

Answer 17

4,000 mile-long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges.

Question 18

Diffusion

Answer 18

The spread of ideas from one culture to another.