Ancient Chinese Inventions
Grade 6•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can explain the purpose and impact of key inventions from ancient China, such as paper, gunpowder, the compass, and printing.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Describe the materials and process used to create paper in ancient China, according to the video.
2. Explain the initial purpose of the compass in ancient China and how that differed from its later use.
3. How did the invention of movable type printing by Bi Sheng improve upon existing printing methods?
...and 4 more questions
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