CHINESE INVENTIONS

Competency Goal 7

The learner will assess the connections between historical events and contemporary issues in Asia.

Ahead of Their Time The Chinese were far ahead

of the rest of the world. They invented several

important inventions that changed the world.

Europe did not use the same technology until hundreds of years later.

Chinese InventionsThe Chinese are responsible for many important inventions and ideas.•Paper •Porcelain •Woodblock Printing•Gunpowder•Movable Type•Magnetic Compass•Paper Money•Silk

Magnetic Compass The magnetic compass

allowed sailors and merchants to travel great distances.

Sailors could easily find north

The Most Important, Paper Paper gave the Chinese a

cheap and easy way of keeping records and made printing possible.

It began with carving texts and pictures on a flat woodblock, painted it with ink and covered with paper

Woodblock Printing

Porcelain Porcelain was used to create

dishes, plates and vases. Porcelain items were very

valuable to European traders and merchants.

Moveable Type Made printing much faster. Movable type allowed the

Chinese to write and restore hundreds of books.

Carved letters could be rearranged and reused to print a variety of messages

Silk The Chinese learned how to

farm the silk from the silk worm to create fine silk clothing.

The Silk Road is named after this fine fabric.

Gunpowder Gunpowder was created for

fireworks and signals. Later used for making bombs and rockets.

This invention drastically changed warfare

On your own….

On a page in your classwork section, create a short comic strip (3 boxes) or an illustration about any ONE Ancient Chinese invention. Use color and be creative! You have all the information you need in your notes. This is an individual assignment so it needs to be quiet and will count as a homework grade.