QR Challenge: China and India Review

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. How did the Silk Road most affect the spread of Buddhism?	travellers carried the belief
2. Which Chinese teaching most influenced Qin Shihuangdi;s style of rule?	legalism
3. Why did many people sent to work on the Great wall not return home?	Died
4. Explain three important aspects of confucianism	vary
5. What does filial piety mean?	vary
6. What language were the Vedas written in?	The ancient language of Sanskrit
7. What four main social classes, or Varna's did the Vedas describe?	Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras
8. What member of the population did each of the four main Varna's represent?	Brahmins(priests/religious scholars), Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors), Vaishyas (herders and merchants), Shudras (servants,farmers, and labourers)
9. True or False? Even today, the highest cast in India is the Brahmins	True
10. In Hindu society today, who are the three important deities that each control a certain aspect of the universe	Brahmah (creates it) Vishnu (preserves it), Shiva (destroys it)
11. What is the word for a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian tradition that a person has a duty or obligation to live an honourable life?	Dharma
12. What is the name of the continuous cycle of rebirth?	Samsara
13. What was the name of the young prince before he became the Buddha?	Siddhartha Gautama
14. How is Buddhism different from Hinduism	Answers will vary
15. How did modern scholars learn that Mohenjodaro had ever existed?	Archaeologists
16. Part of Mohenjodaro was raised and surrounded by a wall. What does this suggest about the city?	enemies
17. What was the main achievement of the Maurya family?	Unify India
18. Why was Chandragupta Maurya poor in his later years?	Decided to live as an ascetic
19. King Ashoka was Chandragupta Maurya's...?	grandson
20. Which experience led to a deep change in Ashoka's values?	Saw a bloody battle

 

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