Chinese Inventions

The Chinese invention used to make weapons and fireworks.

• Gasoline

• Steel

• Gunpowder

• Coal

The Chinese were the first to use ____________.

• ships

• paper money

• junk

• coins

Movable type made it even easier to _______.

• print

• get gold

• become emperor

• navigate the sea

The Chinese discovered that if you blew air across melting iron and added charcoal at this point, it made a stronger and more flexible material called ________.

• iron ore

• steel

• silver

• gunpowder

This was a key force in the invention of the compass....

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Repulsion

• Magnetism

Woodblock printing allowed the Chinese to __________.

• print more books quickly and cheaply

• create new weapons

• trick the Mongols

• All of the above

This invention improved wood block printing

• writing

• paper money

• silk

• moveable type printing

Which Chinese invention is known for its use in navigation and exploration?

• A) Compass

• B) Telescope

• C) Sextant

• D) Astrolabe

The invention of paper is attributed to which ancient civilization?

• A) Egyptians

• B) Greeks

• C) Chinese

• D) Romans

Which Chinese invention was crucial in the development of early seismology?

• A) Compass

• B) Seismograph

• C) Abacus

• D) Sundial