Lesson 21: Chinese Discoveries & Inventions

• The Chinese invention that helped people navigate ships at sea was the...


  compass
• How did the compass help people navigate at sea?


  it helped sailors figure out directions
• The Chinese developed paddlewheel boats that were powered by...


  people
• China developed a new type of arched bridge called a...

  segmental arch bridge
• Which Chinese inventions is still used for recording and transmitting the written words?


  paper
• Which invention helped the Chinese develop a printing industry?

  woodblock printing
• What is moveable type?


  separate blocks for individual characters that are used for printing
• Moveable type changed printing by making written materials more...

  available
• What popular beverage did the Chinese develop that is made by pouring boiling water over dried leaves?

  tea
• The Chinese invented a type of fine pottery called...

  porcelain
• People prize porcelain today because it is...


  strong & delicate
• What is evidence that Chinese were skilled in making metal?


  the invention of steel
• What invention changed the type of weapons people used in war?


  gunpowder
• The first rockets developed in China were used as...


  fireworks
• What Chinese invention was an improvement for telling time?


  mechanical clock
• Why did the Chinese develop a way to inoculate people?


  to prevent the spread of disease
• How have medieval Chinese discoveries and inventions influenced the modern world?


  by enabling the emergence of new ideas that are useful to us today and providing a basis of what we have built off to improve throughout time
• Fundamental


  at the most basic level
• Inoculate


  to protect against disease by transmitting a disease-causing agent to a person, stimulating the body’s defensive reactions
• Mass-produce


  to make quantities of an item by using standardized designs and dividing steps of production among the workers