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WorksheetsDiscoveries & Inventions of the Chinese Dynasties
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following rules of Chinese calligraphy is incorrect?
Strokes are drawn from top to bottom.
Strokes are drawn from left to right.
Strokes are drawn in one continuous motion.
Trick question! These are all correct.
Compasses turn toward north because of the _____________ pole there.
magnetic
magma
magnanimous
magnificent
Newer versions of the compass are most relevant to today's world because they are integral to every-day __________________ of unknown places by measuring the Earth's magnetic field on your phone's magnetometer and calculating your latitude & longitude.
navigation
recreation
government / governing
educating
The primary purpose of a canal lock is to improve __________________.
transportation of people & goods for trade over water.
a empire's naval fleet.
the quality of drinking water
arts & culture
Because the Chinese mastered the practices of paper-making, book-binding, and block-printing, their society likely had the highest _________________ rate in the world during the Medieval Period.
literacy
unemployment
birth
marriage
<Gr.6 Review> The ideas of the philosopher ______________ were spread using printing technologies. The printing technologies also allowed for paper-tests to be created and given to students and job applicants in China!
Confucius
Marcus Aurelius
Hinduism
the Buddha
Porcelain is made by baking clay in a _________, or pottery-oven.
kiln
furnace
washer
chimney
The Chinese invented steel, which is made from _______, but it is less brittle and easier to bend into different sheets.
Iron
Porcelain
Cotton
Tea
True or False? Most historians think the discovery of gunpowder was an accident.
True
False
Which of the following military technologies that uses gunpowder was NOT invented in China?
Flamethrower
Grenade
Rocket
Machine Gun
Most game-cards & bank-notes are printed on ______________.
(This is likely a false statement since the invention of the internet!)
Paper
Gold
Silver
Steel
The Chinese invented a mechanical clock that was more accurate than sundials and hourglasses. It used a drip of water to turn a ___________. The clock would signal on the quarter-hour and ring a bell every hour.
wheel
steel cog/gear
glockenspiel
Porcelain Tea-cup
The process of inoculation is a way of stimulating a person's __________________ to fight a disease. The Chinese used the cowpox virus to inoculate people against smallpox. In many ways, this is our earliest recorded knowledge of "vaccines" and "vaccinations".
immune system
WiFi network
ear, nose, and throat
finances & commercial development
What is the first verse to the dynasties of China nursery rhyme?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Mao Zedong
What is the second verse to the dynasties of China nursery rhyme?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Mao Zedong
What is the third verse to the dynasties of China nursery rhyme?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Mao Zedong
What is the fourth and final verse to the dynasties of China nursery rhyme?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Mao Zedong
______________ interfere with the Earth's magnetic field.
Solar Flares
Hurricanes
Earthquakes & Tsunami
Weather & Climate
Porcelain is...
Opaque (cannot see through)
Translucent (can somewhat see through)
Transparent (can totally see through)
The Chinese idea of the "mandate of heaven" most relates to...
Using religion to justify political revolutions
Arts & Culture
Science & Engineering
Dress & Cuisine
