Tang

and Song Achievements

Directions: Rotate to each station and investigate the material there. Then use what you find to answer the
questions below.

Gunpowder
1. Which dynasty invented gunpowder?

2. What was gunpowder first used for?

3. True or False: The Chinese primarily used gunpowder as a form of weapon?

Porcelain
4. Whose porcelain was more famous/popular, the Tang or the Song?

5. Why was porcelain so important to the Chinese people?


6. Describe why porcelain was only made in China.


Woodblock Printing
7. Which dynasty invented woodblock printing?

8. Try it yourself: In the box below, stamp an image 2-3 times. Then write or draw something similar to
what you stamped next to your stamps.

9. Which step was faster? The stamping or drawing/writing by hand?

10. Can you change the stamp? Can you change your drawing?

11. After performing your experiment, list one advantage (good thing) you think might exist for woodblock
printing and one disadvantage (bad thing) you think might exist for woodblock printing:

Moveable Type
12. Which dynasty invented moveable type?

13. Try it yourself: In the box below select different stamps to create a word or a series of symbols.

14. How do you think moveable type was an improvement over woodblock printing where they could not
change what they were printing?

Compass
15. Which dynasty invented the compass?

16. Name 2 ways the compass improved life in China.



Paper Money
17. Which dynasty created paper money?

18. What did the Chinese use before paper money?


19. How did paper money help the Chinese?


Agriculture
20. True or False: The Chinese civilization has always been based on agriculture?

21. What dynasty saw a lot of improvements to agriculture?


22. List 2 ways Chinese agriculture changed:




23. List 2 ways the improvements to agriculture impacted China.