Travel and Navigation
To navigate across open oceans, the Chinese invented a device based on magnetism.
What is the compass?
Paper, woodblock printing, and movable type all contributed to this major societal change.
What is the spread of learning?
People prize this material today because it is both strong and delicate.
What is porcelain?
This Chinese invention led to a reduction in the use of crossbows, swords, and spears.
What is gunpowder?
The Chinese developed this medical practice specifically to prevent the spread of disease.
What is inoculation?
The Chinese built ships with separate watertight compartments so that a leak in one part would not cause this.
What is sink the ship?
These three materials were all used by the Chinese to manufacture paper.
What are mulberry tree bark, hemp, and rags?
The Chinese developed a way to make this metal because it is stronger than iron.
What is steel?
This was the first weapon developed by the Chinese that utilized gunpowder.
What are flamethrowers?
Inoculation helps prevent disease because it stimulates this part of the human body.
What is the immune system?
Compared to a Roman-style arch, this Chinese invention made bridges wider and flatter.
What is the segmental arch bridge?
This printing method was used by the Chinese to create game cards in the 9th century.
What is woodblock printing?
This Chinese discovery was eventually farmed and traded around the world, including in the 13 colonies.
What is tea?
The first of these developed in China were originally used for fireworks.
What are rockets?
Chinese smallpox inoculation eventually led to the development of these in modern medicine.
What are vaccines?
This was invented so that the Chinese could avoid dragging their boats out of a canal to reach different water levels.
What are canal locks?
This invention uses individual characters made of wood or metal that can be rearranged and reused for different jobs.
What is producing a larger quantity of merchandise?
This invention was a major improvement for telling time.
What is a mechanical Clock?
Gunpowder was used to create these explosive weapons used in early warfare.
What are grenades, artillery shells, or bombs?
This process involves using heat to kill disease-causing germs on surfaces or in clothing.
What is disinfecting?
These boats used revolving wheels to push through the water more efficiently.
What are paddlewheel boats?
In the mass production of porcelain, workers performed different tasks (washing clay, glazing, etc.) to make this possible.
What is producing a larger quantity of merchandise?
This is the specific definition of movable type.
What are the separate blocks for individual characters used for printing?
The transition to gunpowder weapons meant that these three traditional hand-to-hand weapons were used less often.
What are crossbows, swords, and spears?
Unlike just treating symptoms, inoculation is designed to do this to the immune system.
What is stimulate it to fight a particular disease?