Chinese Inventions

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Printing that uses individual pieces for each character.

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Movable type printing

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This helped sailors navigate.

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Compass

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Ceramic used to make dishes, cups, and other items.

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Porcelain

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After "discovering" paper, the Chinese made the first _______.

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toilet paper

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The Chinese invention used to make weapons and fireworks.

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Gunpowder

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The Chinese were the first to use ____________.

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paper money

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Movable type made it even easier to _______.

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print

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The Chinese discovered that if you blew air across melting iron and added charcoal at this point, it made a stronger and more flexible material called ________.

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steel

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This was a key force in the invention of the compass....

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Magnetism

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The compass allowed people to...

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Expand trade and settle new lands