Chinese Inventions

The skillful transformation of ordinary clay into beautiful objects

• junk
• porcelain
• iron
• steel

_______ is the second most popular drink in the world. The first is water.

• tea
• gunpowder
• alchemy
• junk

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

• toilet paper
• painting
• written text by humans
• Bible

Woodblock printing allowed the Chinese to __________.

• print more books quickly and cheaply
• create new weapons
• trick the Mongols
• convert to Christianity

The Chinese were the first to use ____________.

• ships
• paper money
• junk
• coins

When the Chinese learned to magnetize steel, they made better ______________.

• rockets
• coins
• compasses
• guns

The trade route that connected China and Ancient Rome.

• The Silk Road
• The Cotton Trail
• The Sea Route
• The Great Canal

The Chinese invention used to make weapons and fireworks.

• Gasoline
• Steel
• Gunpowder
• Coal

Silk is made from

• fiber from silkworm cocoons 
• the unhatched moths 
• mulberry leaf cocoons
• the hatched moths from silkworm cocoons

What was the biggest threat to merchants traveling on the Silk Road?

• Diseases
• Getting lost
• Starvation
• Thieves