Chocolate
Who discovered chocolate?
Olmecs and Mayas
Who discovered the compass?
China
Who discovered the loom?
Egypt
Who made the first umbrellas?
China?
Where was paper first invented?
China
What was chocolate originally used for?
Money-Religious celebrations
What was the compass originality used for?
Divination. To tell the future.
What was woven on the loom?
Curtains, clothes, sheets, funerary garments, celebration garments.
What were umbrellas used for at the beginning?
Protect from the sun.
What was used to make paper at first?
Old rags, old fish nets, random fibres were boiled and paper was produced by drying the mixture.
Where was chocolate improved?
Europe
What is the compass used for today?
Navigation
What was the loom important in Egypt?
They needed cloth to mumify their dead.
What was the great improvement on umbrellas by the chinese?
They made umbrellas waterproof by waxing them.
Who is said to have invented paper?
Cai Lun
What did chocolate orignially taste like?
Sour
What is the compass built with?
A magnetic stone
How was the loom significant to Egytian society?
It made the economy flourish by exporting egytian woven cotton to other territories.
What was the umbrella the precursor of?
Waterproof clothes
What did the Egytians used to make paper?
Papyrus