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| 1. | The Great Wall is located in this country. |
| 2. | In the United States, Chinese restaurants like to give this after a meal. You will not find these in China though! (2 words) |
| 4. | This is artistic or elegant handwriting or lettering. Children learn to paint this with large brushes using special ink and paper. |
| 5. | These are any of the several arts of combat and self-defense, such as karate and judo, that are widely practiced as a sport. (2 words) |
| 8. | This ancient counting frame uses beads and wooden columns. Each bead in the upper panel equals 5 beads in the lower panel. |
| 9. | The ____ River is the longest river in Asia and the third largest river in the world. |
| 11. | This comes from cured leaves and leaf buds of a white-flowered shrub widely grown in eastern and southern Asia. This beverage is consumed by more people and in greater quantity than any beverage except water. China, where this plant is grown in family plots, is the largest grower in the world. This was cultivated in China in prehistoric times and was probably first used as a vegetable relish and medicinally. |
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| 1. | Sticks that Chinese people use to eat food. |
| 3. | Cultivation of this plant that produces an edible grain originated as early as 10,000 BC in Asia. This plant is the main staple for Chinese as well as for people from other countries in the world. |
| 6. | Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, is in this continent. |
| 7. | This independent and democratic state, an island in East Asia, has a disputed political relationship with China. |
| 10. | This mammal, belonging to the bear family, has black patches over its eyes, ears, legs and a black band across its shoulders. This animal is an endangered species and can only be found in China. |
| 12. | A kind of fabric, this was first made in China. |
| 13. | This is a pliable substance made in thin sheets from rags, wood, straw, or bark and used to write or print on, to wrap things in, or cover walls. Special squares of this are used to fold into interesting shapes. |
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