1. Warm Up What was the first crop the Chinese learned to grow?
How did farming make life easier?
Where is rice grown?
What is millet?
What is wrong with farming by hand?
What are spades?
BONUS: What are two ways you could use a spade?

2. Warm Up What was the first crop the Chinese learned to grow? (p. 1)
How did farming make life easier? (p. 2)
Where is rice grown? (p. 3)
What is millet? (p. 4)
What is wrong with farming by hand? (p. 5)
What are spades? (p. 5)
BONUS: What are two ways you could use a spade? (p. 5)

3. China Economy

4. Agriculture Rice and Millet Advances New Rice from Southeast Asia
Grew faster
Farmers could grow more
New tools
Faster planting
Terrace Farming

5. Result Increased food production Farmers could grow many crops Tea
Cotton
Sugar
Silk
Growth of Trade

6. Trade Rich landowners New Ships Popularity of Silk and Spices abroad
Wanted luxuries
New Ships
Traders could travel farther
Popularity of Silk and Spices abroad
Paper Money
So much trade, coins became too heavy

7. Urbanization China became wealthy through trade
People needed a place to trade
Cities grew
Cities
More shops and culture
Arts flourished