Han Dynasty - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The Records of the Grand Historian written during this dynasty documented ships “ten stories high” with railings wrapped in red silk. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this Chinese dynasty that followed the Qin and ruled from roughly 206 BCE to 220 CE. It shares a name with China’s largest ethnic group.

ANSWER: Han Dynasty

[10h] During the Han, the invention of the rudder led to the development of this type of ship characterized by flat bottoms and red, square sails separated by bamboo lateens. Several pirate fleets used these ships up to the Opium Wars.

ANSWER: junks [or jong or jonk or junco; prompt on chuan]

[10m] The massive naval battle of Red Cliffs pitted Cáo Cāo (“tsao tsao”) against Liú Bèi (“l’yoh bay”), two veterans of a Daoist revolt against the Han named for yellow examples of these clothing items. The Yuan dynasty collapsed after revolts named for red examples of these items.

ANSWER: turbans [accept scarves; accept Yellow Turban Rebellions or Red Turban Rebellions]

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Northern California	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	4	27.50	100%	75%	100%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	8	27.50	100%	100%	75%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
North	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
South Central	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	5	26.00	100%	80%	80%
UK (South)	UK	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%

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Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	USC A	10	10	10	30
Claremont B	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCSD B	10	0	10	20
USC B	UCLA E	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	McMaster B	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
Guelph A	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
NCSU A	UNC A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Louisville D	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan State B	Ohio State A	10	10	10	30
CWRU C	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
Ohio State D	Louisville C	10	10	10	30
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
MIT A	Boston College A	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Brown A	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	10	0	10	20
Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington State	10	10	10	30
Washington Chum	British Columbia C	10	0	10	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Pink	10	0	10	20
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	0	10
Oklahoma	Murray State College A	10	0	10	20
Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Oxford	10	10	10	30
RIT A	Cornell C	10	10	10	30