Chinese Inventions

1. What are the "Big Four" ancient Chinese inventions?

Paper, printing, gunpowder, compass

Chopsticks, acupuncture, silk, wheelbarrow

Noodle, kites, tea, matches

2. Which of the following was a use for gunpowder?

Fireworks

Guns

Bombs

All of the above

3. What important ingredient was used by the Ancient Chinese to make silk?

The cocoons of silkworms

The webs of silk spiders

The leaves from the silk tree

The roots of the silk plant

4. How were kites first used by the Ancient Chinese?

As a toy for young children

A way to move things to the top of the Great Wall

As signal warnings for the army

A way to celebrate at festicals

5. What was the main use of the compass when it was first invented?

As a child's game for the young emperor

To keep the army straight during battles

For city planning

To help when lost in the woods