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[|Discovery of Tea] 1. For how many years have the Chinese been drinking tea? 4,000 years 2. How was tea first used in China? To find medical cures. 3. In what dynasty did drinking tea become popular? The Zhou dynasty [|Chinese Inventions]4. What year was the new invention of paper presented to the emperor? 105 AD. 5. What did the Chinese use to make paper? Bamboo fiber. 6. When did the Chinese invent moveable type? 1045 AD. 7. How many characters does the Chinese have in it? 3000 to 5000 characters. 8. When did the Chinese invent gun powder? In the eight century AD. 9. What did the Chinese use to make gun powder? For surprise attacks against their predators. 10. What weapons did the Chinese use gun powder for? Rockets in bamboo tubes. 11. When were the first magnetic compasses used by Chinese ships? Eleventh century Ad. [|The Tang Dynasty]12. What year did the golden age of the Tang Dynasty begin? 600 CE 13. How could a poor person in the Tang Dynasty get a job working for the government? You had to pass the government exams. 14. How many people lived in the capital of the Tang? Over one million people. 15. How did Buddhism get to China? In was a idea from India over the Silk Road. 16. What were the Three Doctrines of the Tang Dynasty? Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. [|The Song Dynasty]17. What is the period of the Song Dynasty sometimes referred to as? China’s Age of Invention. 18. Who visited China during the Song Dynasty? Marco Polo 19. [|When did the Song Dynasty rule China? 960 through 1279]20. What was the Song Dynasty the first government to do? They were the first to make paper money. [|Confucianism]21. What does Confucianism stress? Education and proper attitude. 22. What is Confucianism? A Chinese philosophy. 23. What is a social code of behavior? To respect people and have random acts of kindness. 24. What did the social code of Confucianism honor? It honored elders and any other person. [|Buddhism] 25. What did Siddhartha want to understand? How it felt to be poor. 26. What does "the Buddha" mean? The Enlightened One. 27. Why do Buddhists look within themselves? They wanted balance in their life. 28. What is karma? The rewards or punishments a person faces because of their thoughts, words, and actions. 29. How many Buddhists are there in the world today? Over three hundred million. [|The Four Noble Truths]30. Describe the Four Noble Truths in your own words. In life you always have to suffer. When you suffer you get rewards in the future. You can’t control suffering. If you battle through suffering you can get large rewards. [|The Great Wall of China] 31. When was the Great Wall of China built? It was built in the Qin Dynasty 32. What was the purpose of the Great Wall? To keep Mongols from invading China 33. How long is the Great Wall? About 5,500 miles long 34. About how many men died working on the wall? Many men died but there was to many to count. 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 buried in the wall [|Genghis Khan] 36. What other names has Genghis Khan been called? World conqueror, Emperor of all men, the Scourge of God 37. What empire did Genghis Khan establish? He ruled in the Yhuh Dynasty [|Kublai Khan] 38. Why was Kublai Khan different than other Chinese rulers? He made a large impact on China 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?He was born 1254 and died in 1324 42. How long did Marco Polo spend in Asia? About three years 43. In what city did Marco meet Kublai Khan at? Bukhara Scroll down to Years Serviced in Khan's Court. 44. What skill did Marco have that made him valuable to Kublai Khan? He was a very good explorer and map maker. 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? It took two years 47. Where was Marco when he wrote the story of his travels in Asia? He was in Central Asia 48. What was the book called? Millione 49. Why do you think people did not believe Marco? They didn’t want a place better then theres 50. What did Marco say on his deathbed? "I have not told half of what I saw."