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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Because of China's Unique geographic features, how much of China's land is good for farming? | 1/10 | 2. An important material used to make Shang weapons and art was ____. | bronze | 3. What was in the middle of China's early social system? | farmers | 4. ______ taught that people need a strong ruler to maintain order. | Legalism | 5. The Zhou dynasty claimed this principle gave them the right to rule. | Mandate of Heaven | 6. All of the following were invented during the Han dynasty except ____. | bronze | 7. What was the purpose of building the Great Wall of China? | To protect the empire from invaders. | 8. Early Chinese civilization is said to have started by this river. | Yellow | 9. Early Chinese civilizations were separated from most other people because of ____. | Rivers, mountains, and deserts | 10. This philosophy taught that people should give up worldly desires and return to nature. | Daoism | 11. This emperor based his rule on the ideas of Legalism. | Qin Shihuangdi | 12. The Shang made this the first capital city. | Anyang | 13. These people pay their rent by giving the landlord a portion of their crops. | Tenant farmers | 14. Ancient Chinese believed their gods needed ____ to keep them happy. | Offerings of food | 15. If the King was bad and brought bad fortune on his kingdom, the people could ____. | Overthrow him | 16. Shang rulers became powerful because ____. | They controlled land and strong armies. | 17. ____ taught that if each person did his or her duty, society as a whole would do well. | Confucianism | 18. Which of the following were sent out of China by the Silk Road? | Silk, tea, and spices | 19. Unrest after the fall of the Han Dynasty caused the ideas of ____ to spread. | Buddhism | 20. How did the Qin emperor Shihuangdi unify and control China in the 200s B.C.E.? | He created provinces that were governed by appointed officials. |
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