6.4-Ancient China Flashcards
Who noted that the magnetic compass gunpowder and printing were the most important inventions?
Sir Francis Bacon
Who invented paper by accident?
Cai Lun
When did Europeans begin making paper?
1800s
Which direction were loadstones found to always point in?
North-South
What was the inventor who invented gunpowder trying to invent?
A potion to give ever lasting life
What is described as heaven rumbling thunder?
Gunpowder used to fire containers of toxic gas
Who invented the first seismograph?
Zhang Heng
How long is the Grand Canal?
1100KM
Whose wife worked out that by dropping a silkworm cocoon in water the thread would unravel?
Huang Di
During which dynasty did international trade begin?
Han
What best describes the Silk Road?
A series of many tracks heading in the same general direction that allowed merchants from Europe and Asia to trade good and services
What happened to the Silk Road in the Ming dynasty?
It ended
What was the punishment for stealing silkworm eggs or cocoons?
Execution
What are silkworms fed?
Mulberry leaves
What did Chinese import?
Spices, fur, jade, gold, glassware
