L08 Chinese Technologies and European Connection

Question 1

Black powder

Answer 1

Initially used as ‘elixir of life’, afterwards used for religious
800s AD gunpowder
Major ingredient potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal

Question 2

• invented in china 1st century AD
• went to Europe 11th century AD
• made from linen fibers, expensive to produce before 1347

Answer 2

Paper

Question 3

Diamond Sutra 868 AD

Answer 3

First printed book, China

Question 4

1450

Answer 4

gutenberg printing press

Question 5

Used to make political predictions

Answer 5

Compass

Question 6

830 AD

Answer 6

Al-mamun House of Wisdom

Question 7

1455

Answer 7

Gutenberg bible

Question 8

Paper

Answer 8

• invented in china 1st century AD
• went to Europe 11th century AD
• made from linen fibers, expensive to produce before 1347

Question 9

Monks too slow at copying books to keep up with demand-solution is…

Answer 9

Gutenberg printing press

Question 10

The First Crusade

Answer 10

1095 AD

• knights sent away
• captured Jerusalem, returned with lots of books

Question 11

Gutenberg printing press

Answer 11

Monks too slow at copying books to keep up with demand-solution is…

Question 12

gutenberg bible

Answer 12

1455

Question 13

Initially used as ‘elixir of life’, afterwards used for religious
800s AD gunpowder
Major ingredient potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal

Answer 13

Black powder

Question 14

1347

• provided lots of linen underwear for massproduction of paper
• monks wiped out, no one to copy books anymore

Answer 14

Black Death

Question 15

gutenberg printing press

Answer 15

1450

Question 16

Compass

Answer 16

Used to make political predictions

Question 17

First printed book

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Diamond Sutra 868 AD, China

Question 18

Thomas Aquinas

Answer 18

-Edited translated texts to become christian

Question 19

1255 AD

Answer 19

Arsistotelian teachings/philosophy, ptolemaic/platonic cosmos became part of Christian ideology

Question 20

• invented oil based ink

- invented new aloy of lead and tin

Answer 20

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 21

-Edited translated texts to become christian

Answer 21

Thomas Aquinas

Question 22

600 AD China, bricked up for 7 days

Answer 22

Exams

Question 23

1095 AD

• kinghts sent away
• captured Jerusalem, returned with lots of books

Answer 23

The First Crusade

Question 24

Exams

Answer 24

600 AD China, bricked up for 7 days

Question 25

Backup library taken by Islams (Arabs)

Answer 25

642 AD

Question 26

Black Death

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1347 - provided lots of linen underwear for massproduction of paper - monks wiped out, no one to copy books anymore

Question 27

642 AD

Answer 27

Backup library taken by Islams (Arabs)

Question 28

1320 AD china(oldest gun 1280s china) | -castles became obsolete

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First cannons

Question 29

Arsistotelian teachings/philosophy, ptolemaic/platonic cosmos became part of Christian ideology

Answer 29

1255 AD

Question 30

Rocketry

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Amusement and religious festivals

Question 31

Gutenberg's press was taken by...

Answer 31

Fust (a money lender)

Question 32

Books remained in Arabic until

Answer 32

1095 AD

Question 33

Why didn't chinese use technology like europeans?

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different mentality/religion/world view-fast change = bad

Question 34

Johannes Gutenberg

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- invented oil based ink | - invented new aloy of lead and tin

Question 35

First cannons

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1320 AD china(oldest gun 1280s china)-castles became obsolete

Question 36

Fust (a money lender)

Answer 36

Gutenberg's press was taken by...

Question 37

destroyed walls of Constantinopole

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Dardanelle guns

Question 38

Dardanelle guns

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destroyed walls of Constantinopole

Question 39

Al-mamun House of Wisdom

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830 AD

Question 40

1095 AD

Answer 40

Books remained in Arabic until

Question 41

Amusement and religious festivals

Answer 41

Rocketry

Question 42

different mentality/religion/world view-fast change = bad

Answer 42

Why didn't chinese use technology like europeans?