1. Chinese Contributions Standard 7.3.5

2. architecture

3. 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

4. Rebuilding the Great Wall

5. roads and relay hostels

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7. art

8. Porcelain

9. Spinning-wheel (silk)

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

11. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 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

12. inventions

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

14. gunpowder

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

16. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 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

17. magnetic compass

18. paper money

19. advances in ship building

20. coal and iron production

21. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 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

22. learning

23. movable type printing

24. abacus

25. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 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