Jackson Creek Middle School Art, History, and Language in China

1. What linguistic family does Chinese belong and what other languages belong in this family?

2. What does logographic mean and how does it apply to the Chinese language?

3. Which dialect do most Chinese speak and most Westerners identify with China?

4. What is pinyan and when was it introduced?

5. How many styles of Chinese Calligraphy are there? Describe at least one style of calligraphy.

6. Poetry (especially gushi and jintishi) reached its height during the Tang period, name the two Tang poets.

7. What is the difference between traditional Chinese music and Western music?

8. Why are Chinese dragons depicted on screens and marble carriageways and used in festivals like the Chinese New Year?

9. List all of the types of materials the Chinese used with their sculptures and pottery.

10. What are three subjects that traditional Chinese artists painted?

11. What is so unique about the columns and walls in a traditional Chinese building?

12. What is a pagoda, what Indian structure is it based on, and what dynasty were they made in?

13. What river does the Yanspu Bridge stretch across and what makes it so special?

14. How long is the Great Wall of China, why was it built, and when was it built?

15. The Forbidden City was completed in what year? What is its official name and what was the inner and outer courts used for?

16. What is a dynasty and how many are there in the history of China? Choose one dynasty and list all the major events that took place in that dynasty.

17. How many miles is the southern silk route, what two countires are connected by it, and what were some of the hardships for traveling along this route?

18. Who was the mythological emperor who discovered tea?

19. When was the Cultural Revolution in China and what impact did it have on China?

20. Select one of the inventions below. Include information about how it was invented, who invented it and how it impacted China and the world.

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