Medieval China and Japan Scavenger Hunt Activity High School World History

This Medieval China and Japan scavenger hunt activity is designed to introduce students to 10 major topics in a medieval Asia high school world history unit. The scavenger hunt features 10 short reading passages each covering a different topic related to medieval China or Japan. Using an answer recording sheet, students must answer questions that require they hunt down the relevant passage to find the correct answer. Each correct answer has a clue word that leads students to a final set of letters to be unscrambled. The first student or team to unscramble the final mystery word wins!

Topics Covered:

• Tang Dynasty
• Confucianism
• Innovations of the Song Dynasty
• Forbidden City and the Great Wall
• Feudal Japan and the Samurai
• Heian Period in Japan
• Comparing Buddhism in China and Japan
• The Civil Service Exam
• Sino-Japanese Exchange of Culture
• Admiral Zheng He

The questions for this scavenger hunt are multiple choice reading comprehension questions. Get students up and moving while having fun reading and learning introductory content about medieval China and Japan! The activity is designed to be printed and used with in-person students and is not formatted for digital use. Answer key, teacher instructions, and student instructions are included. Please see the preview for more detail.

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