Chinese Zodiac Exploration
Explore the history and characteristics of the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac in this Grade 5 social studies worksheet.
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Chinese Zodiac Exploration
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The Chinese Zodiac is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year represented by an animal and its reputed attributes. It is a traditional classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a 12-year cycle.
1. How many animals are in the Chinese Zodiac cycle?
10
12
14
8
2. The Chinese Zodiac is based on the calendar.
3. Each year in the Chinese Zodiac is represented by an .
4. The Chinese Zodiac cycle repeats every 10 years.
True
False
5. Name three animals that are part of the Chinese Zodiac.