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When did the Chinese invent paper?

2000 years ago

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What did the Chinese make paper from?

from plants

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What did the Chinese first print on?

on cloth

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What is silk?

a kind of cloth

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What two things did the Chinese use for printing on paper?

ink and a woodblock

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How did printing help people?

more people could have books

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How old is the oldest book?

1 100 years old

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What was the first compass?

a needle in a bowl of water

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What happened to the mixture of salts when it was heated?

it exploded

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What did the Chinese use gunpowder for?

fireworks

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What did sailors first use to find north, south, east and west?

the stars

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Which invention do you use the most often?

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Which invention is the most useful? Why?

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What did the Chinese invent?

paper, printing. gunpowder, the compass, fireworks

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What's the word for: "to find out something for the first time"?

to discover

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What's the word for "a colored liquid that people use for writing and printing"?

ink

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