The Golden Age of China

Multiple Choice

What is China's most important crop?

• barley

• corn

• rice

• wheat

Fill in the Blanks

Rice is grown in

fields called paddies.

Multiple Choice

Chinese ships are called...

• caravels.

• galleons.

• junks.

• schooners.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are advances made to ships by the Chinese? Hint...CHOOSE 3!!!!

• rudders

• watertight compartments

• radar

• masts

• navigational equipment

Multiple Choice

What happened because of the invention of the magnetic compass?

• increased warfare

• the Europeans started colonizing South East Asia

• nothing; people were too scared to explore

• trade routes opened up

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: The compass is magnetized by a rock called quartz.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What was gunpowder FIRST used for by the Chinese?

Multiple Choice

According to the video, what were Chinese scientists trying to make when they accidentally discovered gunpowder?

• a sleeping potion

• poison

• medicine

• a potion for immortality (ability to live forever)

Multiple Choice

According to the video, what were fireworks use for?

• to keep evil spirits away

• to warn villages and cities of enemy troops heading their way

• for entertainment

• to signal military outposts miles away

Open Ended

Do you think discovery of gunpowder was a good or a bad thing? Explain your answer!

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is Chinese cash?

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following shows the BARTER system?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the invention of moveable type printing?

• Literacy increased

• Books were less expensive

• More people became scholar officials

• The number of schools increased

Open Ended

What does literacy mean?

Multiple Choice

Who was the most well known poet of the Tang dynasty?

• Empress Wu

• Taizong

• Li Bo

• Kong Fu Zi

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is done in SUBTLE colors?

Poll

What do you think was the most important invention from the Golden Age of China?

• Farming Advances (fast-ripening rice)

• Shipbuilding and Compass

• Money Economy

• Gunpowder

• Block and Moveable Type Printing

Multiple Choice

According to historians, what is one of the most important inventions of all time?

• Compass

• Gunpowder

• Printing

• Fast ripening rice