Dynasty Objective 2

Which Venetian explorer visited China and reported back the wealth that Kublai Khan enjoyed?

• Marco Polo

• John Cabot

• Cristoforo Colobo

• Vasco da Gama

Why was the compass a useful tool for navigation

• it was able to measure latitude

• it showed navigators which direction they faced and could be used during any time-of day or type of weather.

• it was able to measure longitude.

• it showed navigators how to predict arrival.

How did the arrival of Chinese-invented gunpowder in Europe change warfare in its first century of use?

• The cavalry army of armies became almost useless

• Traditional walled defenses, like castles, gradually became less important for war.

• Hand-to-hand fighting quickly came to an end.

• Armies began using far fewer soldiers

What was used in the early military weapon called "Flying Fire"?

• Coal

• Gunpowder

• gasoline

• kindling

Before the invention of the compass, what did people use to navigate?

• The stars

• The sun

• The tides

• migration of whales

In what way did Chinese innovation help to bring about a printing revolution in fifteenth-century Europe

• The Chinese developed techniques for making paper, which eventually spread to Europe.

• Chinese scholars were sent to medieval Europe to train printers.

• Chinese traders introduced woodblock printing to Europe

• The Chinese techniques for woodblock printing were brought to Europe by Marco Polo.

Which of the following describes China's role in the development of tea?

• It spread from Britain to China with imperialism

• it spread from India to China with the expansion of Buddhism

• It was discovered in India and exported to China

• It was first cultivated in China as a medicine, then spread to India.

in 15th century Europe, new technology brought a huge printing boom. Which of the following facts suggest that the printing boom in Ming China at about the same time occurred for a different reason?

• By the Seventeenth century, some Chinese libraries had as many as 10,000 books.

• Neo-Confucian scholars dismissed the advantages of mechanization.

• Woodblock printing had been developed centuries before the Ming came to power.

• Europeans were traveling back and forth from China.

In what essential way is wood block printing different from movable type printing?

• Woodblock printing creates a single stamp for an entire page of text.

• Woodblock printing technology is far cheaper to use.

• Woodblock printing doesn't require ink in order to work.

• Woodblock printing uses wood instead of iron for printing.

What method did bookmakers in Ming China use during the great expansion of book printing in that period.

• movable type printing

• clay tablet printing

• woodblock printing

• calligraphy printing