6th Grade Chinese Innovations Quiz

What innovation was made from grinding plant fibers into a paste?

• silk

• paper

• sundial

• tea

How did the Chinese create "books?"

• By combining many pages and adding a hard cover

• By writing on tortoise shells and adding numbers for the order they were in

• By pasting several sheets together and rolling the long sheet into a scroll

• By writing everything on large walls that could be viewed by everyone who came to learn.

What was an early type of clock?

• seismograph

• sundial

• acupuncture

• the Great Wall

How did a sundial work?

• It used the strength of the sun

• It was solar powered

• It used shadows from the sun

• It was powered by weights

Which innovation measured the strength of an earthquake?

• sundial

• acupuncture

• seismograph

• the Great Wall

What could this ancient Chinese seismograph tell about earthquakes?

• How powerful it was

• How destructive it was

• What direction it came from

• What the cause was

Why did the Chinese want to know more about earthquakes?

• They wanted to stop future earthquakes

• They wanted to make stronger houses

• They wanted to know when future earthquakes would happen

• They believed earthquakes were signs of future evil events

Which Chinese innvoation improved medicine?

• Acupuncture

• Sundial

• Seismograph

• the Great Wall

How did Chinese doctors believe acupuncture could help their patients? (Choose two)

• Relieve pain

• Cure disease

• Increase strength

• Fix broken bones

• Stop bleeding

Which Emperor wanted to build the Great Wall of China?

• Confucious

• Laozi

• Wudi

• Shi Huangdi