Chinese Inventions
Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________
Directions: Use the graphic organizer below to categorize the inventions / ideas with the correct dynasty.
Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty Han Dynasty
First Chinese city irrigation Silk Road saddle & stirrup
bureaucracy roads silk bronze
paper oracle bones Great Wall of China waterwheels
currency censors iron drill bits acupuncture
crossbow improved medicine ivory statues flood control systems
urns iron plow Mandate of Heaven
rudder written language civil service exams
Which dynasty do you feel improved life the most for the Ancient Chinese people? ________________________
Give evidence to support your answer.
ANSWER KEY Chinese Inventions
Name: ________________________________________ Date: _______________________
Directions: Use the graphic organizer below to categorize the inventions with the correct dynasty.
Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty
First Chinese city silk bureaucracy iron plow
oracle bones bronze Mandate of Heaven crossbow
ivory statues urns irrigation
written language flood control systems
saddle & stirrup
Qin Dynasty Han Dynasty
currency censors civil service exams iron drill bits
Great Wall of China roads waterwheels rudder
paper Silk Road
improved medicine
acupunture
First Chinese city irrigation Silk Road saddle & stirrup
bureaucracy roads silk bronze
paper oracle bones Great Wall of China waterwheels
currency censors iron drill bits acupuncture
crossbow improved medicine ivory statues flood control systems
urns iron plow Mandate of Heaven
rudder written language civil service exams
hich dynasty do you feel improved life the most for the Ancient Chinese people? ____________________
ve evidence to support your answer.