Introduction
Task
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1) 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 are characters based on abstract ideas known as?
2) What word do you get when you combine the symbols for woman and child?
3) What word do you get when you combine rain and field?
www.chinaetravel.com/china/architec.html
4) The Forbidden City of Beijing, home to Ming and Quing Emperors, is a great example of ancient Chinese architecture. What word for palace also meant house?
5) What number was used often in ancient China's architectural design?
6) What is a key symbol of China?
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/time/home_set.html
7) When did the Shang Dynasty rule?
8) Who united all of China?
http://china.mrdonn.org/shang&chou.html
9) Write at least FOUR sentences about what daily life was like in the Shang and Chou dynasties in Ancient China.
10) Explain how life in the United States today is different than life in the Shang or Chou dynasties.
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/tombs/home_set.html
11) How were tombs arranged?
12) Why were your ancestors important?
13) Click the "Explore" link and list 3 things you learn about Chinese tombs.
http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Great_Wall_of_China
14) What is the Great Wall of China?
15) Who built the Great Wall?
16) What is the Great Wall made of?
17) How long is the Great Wall?
18) Why was the Great Wall built?
19) What dynasty or dynasties worked on the Great Wall?
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