Merryland International School

UAE Social Studies

Chinese Technology, Science and Medicine
Name: _________________________ Grade: 7 Section: _____
1. Who was Joseph Needham?

Joseph Needham was physician and scholar of the

history of Chinese science and technology

2. What was the profession of Joseph Needham?

Joseph Needham was a politician, clergyman and public

administrator

3. What is Joseph Needham famous for?

Joseph Needham was famous for science in China

4. What was the invention of block printing?

The invention of block printing is that it could be used to repeat printing

words, individual letters and seals

5. What is the invention “Moveable type”?

It is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable
components to reproduce the elements of a document. They carved a single
word into blocks to forms page of writing.
6. Paper making went through three steps. List the steps.

_Selecting and seperating and then washing the raw materials

Cooking and stirring the fibers

Pounding, separating and drying the papers fibers in a mould

7. How was the ceramics made in ancient China?

Retrieved clay from earth

Stirred and mixed the clay with water until it was right consistency to use

The clay was shaped on a wheel

The pots were heated at high temperature in a furnace to melt the gaze and
produce a strong and beautiful pot after painted
8. What is the difference between classical and modern silk reeling machine?

Classical Silk Reeling Machine Modern Silk Reeling Machine

The operator rotates the main reel The reeling machine is powered by
with a crank and pulley electricity using a driving belt

Match four inventions from China and East Asian Civilizations in the box to
their descriptions.

Mulberry Tree Wooden Blocks Paper Pottery

Key word Description

9 Wooden blocks A process of printing on paper

10 Pottery This use of shaping and baking terracotta and clay made this possible

11 paper This invention allowed for the development of writing and making of
scrolls

12 Mulberry tree A rare tree found in East Asia in which the silk worm grows and is
harvested