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Chinese Inventions

Chinese Inventions. Learning target. I will understand inventions the Chinese developed that had a great impact globally. What is Human Ingenuity?. Problem solving Creative Thinking Making things better. The Silk Road. Led cultural interaction a nd diffusion

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Chinese Inventions

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  1. Chinese Inventions

  2. Learning target • I will understand inventions the Chinese developed that had a great impact globally.

  3. What is Human Ingenuity? • Problem solving • Creative Thinking • Making things better

  4. The Silk Road • Led cultural interaction and diffusion • connecting East and West by linking traders • It extended over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) on land and sea. • Got it’s name because silk was a major thing traded. http://themoderatevoice.com/17073/india-china-reviving-silk-road-ties/

  5. Compass • The Chinese simply used a magnetic needle floating on wood in a bowl of water • The needle would turn to point north • Originally used for fortune telling • Become used for navigation around 1000 CE

  6. Fireworks and gun powder • first explosive substance mankind learned to use • Chinese used it for fireworks, Europeans used it for guns and cannons • In the year 1161, the Chinese used explosives for the first time in warfare • also invented the first guns and used gunpowder to make primitive flamethrowers and even explosive mines and multiple-stage rockets. http://www.sccfsac.org/inventions.html http://www.minnesota-china.com/education/emscitech/inventions.htm

  7. Fireworks and gun powder • The use of gunpowder in weapons gave those with access to the technology a greater ability to protect themselves from enemies or to conquer and control others. • Changed war forever • Chinese firearms, fireworks and gunpowder were popular items of trade along the Silk Road to Europe.

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  9. Paper and Printing Press • In about 200 BCE, Ts’aiLun invented the process for manufacturing paper, introducing the first use in China. • The paper was superior in quality to the baked clay, papyrus and parchment used in other parts of the world. • Made of fiber, old fishing nets, and hemp • Initially used for wrapping and padding • Used for writing about 300 BCE www.skypoint.com http://www.sccfsac.org/inventions.html http://www.minnesota-china.com/education/emscitech/inventions.htm

  10. Paper and Printing Press • By 600 CE, the first printing press was invented in China • first printed newspaper was available in Beijing in 700 CE • woodblock printing.

  11. Seismograph • A seismograph, or seismometer, is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • Around 132 CE, Chinese scientist Chang Heng invented the first seismoscope, an instrument that could register the occurrence of an earthquake. • Heng's invention was called the dragon jar • eight dragonheads arranged around its brim

  12. Seismograph • each dragon had a ball in its mouth. Around the foot of the jar were eight frogs, each directly under a dragonhead • When an earthquake happened a ball dropped from a dragon's mouth and was caught by the frog's mouth. • Based on which frog had the ball, one could tell the direction from which the earthquake came

  13. Why? • Why would it be important to know from which direction an earthquake came?

  14. Other Chinese Inventions • Alcohol • The bell • Coffin • Noodles • Pottery • Paper money • Bombs • Toothbrush • Cross bow • Soccer • Matches • Negative numbers • Relief maps • Wrapping paper

  15. -Fun Facts http://www.minnesota-china.com/education/emscitech/inventions.htm

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