1. Chapter 12 Section 2 Questions
During the Tang era, irrigation improved & new kinds of _____________ were developed that could grow in poor soil.
The Chinese discovered that they could use _________ to heat things & make steel.
The earliest known book printed with moveable type is called _____________.
The painting of ___________ was popular during the Song dynasty.
In the West, porcelain is sometimes called _____________.

2. Chapter 12 Section 2 Notes
I. Chinese Agriculture
A. Improved Irrigation
B. New ways of growing crops
C. New kinds of Rice: Produce more food
II. China and the Silk Road
A. Products
1. Silk Fabric, tea, steel, paper, porcelain
III. Literature and Art
A. Subjects of Tang Poetry
1. Beauty of nature, changing seasons, good friends, sadness of friends parting, social injustice, problems of the poor
B. Art
1. Calligraphy – form of writing to create beautiful characters (letters).
2. Porcelain – “China” plates, cups, vases, figurines

3. Describe new technologies developed in China.
Metalworking
Printing
Weapons
Sailing
Chapter 12 Section 2
Describe new technologies developed in China.

4. Describe new technologies developed in China.
Steel
Woodblock Printing Movable Type Printing
Gunpowder / Fire lance / Fireworks
Compass
Metalworking
Printing
Weapons
Sailing
Chapter 12 Section 2
Describe new technologies developed in China.