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Cyber Hunt [|Discovery of Tea] 1. For how many years have the Chinese been drinking tea? About 4,000 years 2. How was tea first used in China? A medical herb 3. In what dynasty did drinking tea become popular? Zhou dynasty [|Chinese Inventions]4. What year was the new invention of paper presented to the emperor? Around 150 AD 5. What did the Chinese use to make paper? Bamboo 6. When did the Chinese invent moveable type? 1045 AD 7. How many characters does the Chinese have in it? 3000 to 5000 8. When did the Chinese invent gun powder? 800 AD 9. What did the Chinese use to make gun powder? Sulfur charcoal saltpeter 10. What weapons did the Chinese use gun powder for? rockets 11. When were the first magnetic compasses used by Chinese ships? 1100 AD [|The Tang Dynasty]12. What year did the golden age of the Tang Dynasty begin? Around 600 CE 13. How could a poor person in the Tang Dynasty get a job working for the government? It’s a exam to become a government that anyone can do 14. How many people lived in the capital of the Tang? Over 1 million people 15. How did Buddhism get to China? Silk road 16. What were the Three Doctrines of the Tang Dynasty? Taoism Confucianism and Buddhism [|The Song Dynasty]17. What is the period of the Song Dynasty sometimes referred to as? China age of inventions 18. Who visited China during the Song Dynasty? Marco polo 19. [|When did the Song Dynasty rule China? 960- 1279]20. What was the Song Dynasty the first government to do? Make paper money [|Confucianism]21. What does Confucianism stress? Proper behavior and ethics 22. What is Confucianism? The teaching of proper behavior 23. What is a social code of behavior? A ruler that was used form ancient ancestors 24. What did the social code of Confucianism honor? ancestors [|Buddhism] 25. What did Siddhartha want to understand? What caused human suffering 26. What does "the Buddha" mean? The enlightened one 27. Why do Buddhists look within themselves? To find peace 28. What is karma? When you do good things good things will follow 29. How many Buddhists are there in the world today? Over 3 million. [|The Four Noble Truths]30. Describe the Four Noble Truths in your own words. Life is full of suffering

[|The Great Wall of China] 31. When was the Great Wall of China built? Ming dynasty 32. What was the purpose of the Great Wall? To keep out invaders 33. How long is the Great Wall? 5,220 miles 34. About how many men died working on the wall? 1 million 35. What happened to the peasants who died while working on the wall? (You'll have to scroll down a bit to find this one.)they were built over [|Genghis Khan] 36. What other names has Genghis Khan been called? Universal leader 37. What empire did Genghis Khan establish? Mongolia [|Kublai Khan] 38. Why was Kublai Khan different than other Chinese rulers? He ruled with the utmost hate 39. Who was Kublai Khan related to? Genghis Khan 40. What famous explorer did Kublai Khan know? Marco polo [|Marco Polo] 41. When was Marco Polo born and when did he die? 1254 - 1324 42. How long did Marco Polo spend in Asia? 24 years 43. In what city did Marco meet Kublai Khan at? Mongolia Scroll down to Years Serviced in Khan's Court. 44. What skill did Marco have that made him valuable to Kublai Khan? To scout out other places Scroll down to Coming Home. 45. For how many years did the Polo brothers serve Kublai Khan? 17 years 46. How long did the sea journey home take? 2 years 47. Where was Marco when he wrote the story of his travels in Asia? Venice 48. What was the book called? //The Travels of Marco Polo// 49. Why do you think people did not believe Marco? Because they thought it wasn’t that strong 50. What did Marco say on his deathbed? "I have only told the half of what I saw!"