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e-lesson Week starting: 20th September 2004

1. China Quiz
On September 21st, 1949, the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed. The country
has seen huge changes over the last 55 years, but 55 years is but a mere moment in the
5,000-year history of China. Recently China picked up 32 gold medals at the 2004
Athens Olympics and in 2008 Beijing will host the Olympic Games. This week we
celebrate the achievements of this immense country in a general knowledge quiz.

Level:
Good Intermediate and upwards

How to use the lesson:

1. Divide the class into small groups.

2. Give each group a copy of the worksheet and a time limit of 10-15 minutes to discuss
possible answers to the questions. You may prefer to give your students the list of links
on the next page and ask them to find the answers by visiting the relevant web sites.

3. Go through the answers in open class. Each group scores one point for a correct
answer. There are 20 possible points.

4. The team with the highest score is the winner.

Answers
1. d 10. b. There are about 50,000 Chinese
2. c. In 1997 Chongqing was made a characters, but most are archaic.
municipality. It instantly deposed 11. a. The Yangtze River is 6,300 km
Shanghai as the largest city in China. long, The Yellow River is 5,464 km long
3. a and the Pearl River is 2,197 km long.
4. True 12. True
5. c. They are: North Korea, Russia, 13. d
Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 14. b
Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, 15. c
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and 16. a
Vietnam. 17. d
6. b 18. b
7. b 19. True
8. a 20. d. a sheng = pan pipes, ruan = guitar,
9. False. 4 and 7 are unlucky numbers. 6, san-xian = banjo. Hu li is a fox.
8 and 9 are lucky numbers.

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2. Related Websites
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107411.html
an overview of China

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/
And lots more to learn here

http://www.chinatoday.com/city/a.htm#Chongqing
Details about Chinese cities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing
A closer look at Chongqing

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/lucky_number.htm
Chinese lucky numbers and other traditions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army
The Terracotta Army

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/inventions.html
Just a couple of the many things invented in China

http://www.chcp.org/music/Vmusic.html
Chinese musical instruments

http://www.quia.com/dir/chinese/
Have fun – play some games on a Chinese theme

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