Chinese Contributions Standard 7.3.5

architecture

Tang and Song emperors improved and built waterways throughout China. These improved trade throughout China and allowed the emperors to support armies stationed in the North. Waterways

Rebuilding the Great Wall

roads and relay hostels

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art

Porcelain

Spinning-wheel (silk)

Music Chinese musicians discovered timbre (different sounds from strings) musicians could pluck, brush, hit, or rub strings to make different sounds matouqin

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Questions Notes: 4. Chinese Contributions a. architecture i. waterways – improved business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall iii. roads and relay hostels – travel and trade b. art i. porcelain – beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning wheel – more silk iii. music – different sounds from strings

inventions

mechanical clock water powered wheels and cogs turned levers and made the clock tick

gunpowder

Smallpox inoculation Chinese doctors injected people with tiny amounts of smallpox the people’s bodies learned how to fight against the disease

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Questions Notes: 4. Chinese Contributions a. architecture i. waterways – improved business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall iii. roads and relay hostels – travel and trade b. art i. porcelain – beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning wheel – more silk iii. music – different sounds from strings c. inventions i. mechanical clock ii. gunpowder iii. smallpox inoculation – injection of tiny amount of disease to prevent illness

magnetic compass

paper money

advances in ship building

coal and iron production

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Questions Notes: 4. Chinese Contributions a. architecture i. waterways – improved business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall iii. roads and relay hostels – travel and trade b. art i. porcelain – beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning wheel – more silk iii. music – different sounds from strings c. inventions i. mechanical clock ii. gunpowder iii. smallpox inoculation – injection of tiny amount of disease to prevent illness iv. magnetic compass v. paper money vi. ship rudders and new sails vii. coal and iron – stronger metals

learning

movable type printing

abacus

________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Questions Notes: 4. Chinese Contributions a. architecture i. waterways – improved business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall iii. roads and relay hostels – travel and trade b. art i. porcelain – beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning wheel – more silk iii. music – different sounds from strings c. inventions i. mechanical clock ii. gunpowder iii. smallpox inoculation – injection of tiny amount of disease to prevent illness iv. magnetic compass v. paper money vi. ship rudders and new sails vii. coal and iron – stronger metals d. learning i. abacus ii. movable-type-printing