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Question

This good was unusually found embedded in the fortified walls of the archaeological site of Shímǎo. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this green gemstone used to craft ritual artifacts such as the bí and còng (“tsong”) in ancient China.

ANSWER: jade [or yù]

[10h] Shímǎo was built by the Lóngshān culture during its transition to this later culture on the Yellow River. This culture was the first to undertake large-scale bronze-working in China, using it to make dagger-axes called gè (“guh”).

ANSWER: Èrlǐtóu (“ar-lee-toh”) culture

[10m] This dynasty, considered semi-legendary due to a lack of written records predating the Shāng, has been theorized to correspond to the Èrlǐtǒu culture. This dynasty was traditionally founded by Yú the Engineer.

ANSWER: Xià (“sh’yah”) dynasty

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California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Canada	Main	Y	6	21.67	100%	100%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	16.67	67%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	21.00	100%	100%	10%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
UK	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	86%	14%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley B	Berkeley E	10	0	10	20
Berkeley D	Berkeley C	10	0	10	20
Stanford C	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
Claremont Scripps	Claremont Pitzer	10	0	10	20
USC	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	0	10	20
UCSB	UCLA D	10	0	10	20
UCI	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	0	10	20
UCF A	FIU	10	0	10	20
UCF B	UF A	10	0	0	10
UF E	UF B	10	0	0	10
OSU A	OSU D	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	Pitt B	10	0	10	20
OSU B	CWRU A	10	0	10	20
OSU C	Pitt A	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	South Carolina A	10	0	10	20
North Carolina A	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Roanoke	NC State	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Tusculum	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	North Carolina B	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	North Carolina C	10	0	0	10
Lehigh A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Columbia C	10	0	10	20
Rowan A	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore A	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Vassar A	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Missouri A	WashU A	10	0	10	20
Missouri B	WashU B	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU C	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	UIC	10	0	10	20
Illinois A	Chicago C	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Illinois C	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Indiana B	10	0	10	20
Michigan B	Notre Dame C	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame D	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Minnesota A	10	0	10	20
Macalester B	Macalester A	10	0	10	20
Minnesota C	Minnesota B	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin	Nebraska	10	0	10	20
BU	Brown C	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Wilson	BC A	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Amherst A	10	0	10	20
Williams	Cornell-UG	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	St. Thomas	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Harvard	10	0	0	10
Yale A	Dartmouth	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Alberta	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	British Columbia D	10	0	10	20
Washington B	Washington A	10	0	10	20
Northwestern C	Iowa	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	McGill D	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern B	Texas A	10	0	10	20
UCO	Texas B	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	UTD A	10	0	10	20
Mississippi State A	Auburn B	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Bruin A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	Sewanee A	10	0	10	20
Huntsville A	UAB A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
RIT B	Cornell-DII	10	0	0	10