Discovering Chinese Technology

Ancient Chinese ingenuity lead to the development of new products and processes. Through cultural connections, these new innovations eventually reached reached the West and changed European practices.

Discovering Chinese TechnologyActivity

Each student or team chooses a piece of the puzzle.

Use the Internet to find our about Ancient Chinese Inventions.

Be ready to share your piece in information with the class.

On your worksheet, record the following information:

1. When was it invented?

2. Where was it invented?

3. Who invented it?

4. What did the Chinese use it for?

5. How did the invention reach the European world?

Blast Furnace

Movable Type

Rocket

Kite

Paper

Abacus

Gunpowder

Printing Press

Wheelbarrow

Compass

Paper Money

Helicopter Rotor

Umbrella

Matches

Mold Board Plow

Silk

Seismograph

Chinese InventionsMoveable type

Paper

Paper money

Printing Press

Rockets

Seismograph

Silk

Umbrella

Wheelbarrow

Abacus

Blast furnace (cast iron)

Compass

Gunpowder

Helicopter rotor

Kite

Matches

Moldboard plow

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