Tang and Song Dynasties Achievements (IC)

Which of the following was a significant economic activity during the Song Dynasty?

• Mining for gold

• Silk production

• Whale hunting

• Spice trade

• I don't know

Which invention during the Song Dynasty greatly improved navigation?

• The astrolabe

• The sextant

• The magnetic compass

• The chronometer

• I don't know

What was a common theme in Tang Dynasty poetry?

• Industrialization

• Nature and beauty

• Urban life

• Scientific discovery

• I don't know

Which of the following was a technological advancement in agriculture during the Song Dynasty?

• The development of crop rotation

• The invention of the seed drill

• The use of iron plows

• The creation of genetically modified crops

• I don't know

What was a significant impact of the Song Dynasty's technological innovations on society?

• Decreased literacy rates

• Increased agricultural productivity

• Decline in trade

• Reduction in urbanization

• I don't know

What advances in farming occurred during the Song Dynasty?

• Gunpowder and paper money

• Porcelain and woodblock printing

• dragon backbone pump and quick ripening rice

• paper and the magnetic compass

• I don't know

Developed during the Song Dynasty to help in agriculture

• chain pump

• plow & harrow

• terraced farming

• all of the above

1. How did the invention of woodblock & moveable type printing help increase the spread of ideas?

How did the invention of the compass impact trade & exploration?

Place each achievement in the correct dynasty

Groups:

(a) Tang Dynasty

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(b) Song Dynasty

• Development of gunpowder

• Creation of porcelain

• Empress Wu

• Use of paper money

• Development of woodblock printing

• Golden Age of art & poetry