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 * Technology in Han China and Imperial Rome **

Mac Appleman is an inventor and business tycoon keenly interested in the technological advancements of Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome. Mr. Appleman made his fortune developing consumer products, including the Tofu Turkey Fryer, Toxi-Clean Detergent, and the Musical Toilet Seat. To help him decide which dynasty to visit, you will need to research answers to the following key questions: What were the major inventions/innovations of each dynasty? Whom did these advancements primarily benefit? Ordinary citizens? The government? The military? How did these inventions/innovations strengthen and improve each civilization? What needs did they meet? What would you consider to be the most important technological achievement of each dynasty? Why? Which empire should Mr. Appleman, an inventor and business tycoon, visit? Why?
 * Key Questions: **

Your research will be confined to the following web resources and library databases. If you wish to use a resource not on this list you must seek approval from your teacher.
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 * Library Databases **

Use the space below to record your research for each question. Remember that you will need to cite your sources using the format found on the [|MICDS Library resource page.]
 * Research and Citations **

Han China: they made the great wall-o-china (not all of it but they started it), the commpass, paper, maderin chines, HOT AIr balons.THEY ALSO HAD A LOT OF BRIDGES LIKE THE BEAM BRIDGE, THE ARCH BRIDGE, AND THE SUSPENTION BRIDGE. THEY ALSO INVENTED THE CRANK HANDLE, SO THEY COULD OPEN THERE WINDOWS AND MAKE FANS MOVE. THEY ALSO HAD CARTS THAT THEY COULD USE FOR LONG DISITINSE TRAVEL.
 * What were the major inventions/innovations of each dynasty? **

Imperial Rome: the romans invented a lot of stuffs like cement, roads, scissors, the arch. they also had aquaductcs to controll irriation. THEY ALSO HAD PLUMBING, CRAINS, DOMES, WAGONS, COMPLEX WAY OF HARVISTING, MACHIENS, WINE AND OIL PRESSES, AND GLASS BLOWING. THEY ALSO HAD A LOT OF GOOD ART WORK Han China: the inventions in Han China benifited everyone. some invetions benifited the rich, some government, and some millitatry. the great wall of china helped everyone by keeping them safe and protected. the compass helped the merchants mostly, because they can navigate the waters easier with one. paper helped a lot of people. it made writting down scrools and laws a lot easier. it also served as money, like what we do today. they also started manderin chinese, a languige we can take at school. they also made hot air baloons witch are good for travel and passing notes but they were small so you couldent really move very far. they invented a lot of bridges like the beam the arch and the susspention bridges. they also had crank hadles so you can open windows and work fans but only rich people had fans so they benifeted from it. the carts they made were good for long distence travle.
 * Whom did these advancements primarily benefit? Ordinary citizens? The government? The military? **

Imperial Rome: the inventions that the romans invented benefited everybody. the roads benifeted traders because they moved a lot faster. the new way of harvesting helped the farmers. the arch helped everyone by keeping the doors up so it wont colaps on the dude. cement helped everyone because they made homes more stable. scissers were good because they helped them cut there hair more evenly. the aqueducts were good for farmers because they provided irrigation for the crops. htey also had plumbing witch helped everyone because they can go and flush and yeah. the crains helped the builders build stuff easyer. domes were used in churches. wagons made stuff easier to carry. they new way of farming obviously helped the farmers. machines helped the average citizen. they were nothing to our standards but they were still good. the wine and oil pressers helped the rich because only they could afford wine, but it made the wine better and smoother Han China: the inventions that the chinnese invented improved each civilization in a lot of ways. the great wall for example, it is still standing today and it kept invadors out. plus it goes from mid china almost to the eastern eage. the compass helped them be able to trade with disstent places, but then the also had the Silk road. the paper helped writing down records much much easier, so they can see who didnt pay there taxes for example. the chinese helped everyone speek the same languige. the bridges obviesly helped the armys get across easier and raide anyone they plese. the wagons they could carry anything long distntses.
 * How did these inventions/innovations strengthen and improve each civilization? What needs did they meet? **

Imperial Rome: the romans were really strengthened by some of these inventions. there complex way of harvisting helped to keep the food suply stable. the roads made everything faster because the carts wheels didnt get stuck every mile or so. the arch was a biggie. it helped keep everything up. cement really helped everyone. it made better homes and churches and stuff and they could make walls like the great one in china. aquaducts really helped them because it supplied irrigation for the farmers so they could make food and so they could feed everyone. they had plumbing witch was good because they could make baths and everyone didnt have to use the same dirty water over and over again. crains helped the carpenders build homes faster. domes were used in churches and rich homes. the wagons were good because they didnt have to eather carry 100+lb. packes and they didnt have to bring animals over for the food, overnight stuff, clothes, abd the stuff they needed to carry. the wine and oil pressers helped the rich because only they could afford wine, but it made the wine better and smoother

Han China: obviosly the most technological ecivement for han china is the great wall of china. i think it is the best invention because it helped them provide protection and it is still standing today. hte great wall streaches alll the way across the north of the empire. it is so big that the emimyes couldnt clomb over it, couldnt break it, plus if a army did manige o get on to it they would have to walk 6,000 miles and then the chines army might see them coming and finally kill them
 * What would you consider to be the most important technological achievement of each dynasty? Why? **

Imperial Rome: i think the best invention that the romans made is the roads. with out them they wouldent have counqurd or las as far or as long as thwy did. the roman rod idieas arnt the same as ors with the asphalt but it was still very convinent and it lasted till the early t mid 1800's. thats like 1100 years!!!! thats a long time

Before deciding which dynasty your client should visit, you may wish to create a simple Venn Diagram to compare/contrast the two empires. You may use [|this template] or create one online at [|Read-Write-Think].
 * Similarities and Differences **

i think that mr. appleman should go to rome. i tthink he should because they made a lot of stuff that wwe get ideas from today. china has the great wall and alright thats cool and all but thats basicly it. the romans used roads, arches,scissers, wagons, and a lot of other good stuff. that is way i think he should viset accent rome.
 * Which empire should Mr. Appleman, an inventor and business tycoon, visit? Why? **

You will create a travel poster for each of the two empires. Each poster should be attractive, persuasive, and highlight the major features related to your topic. You will create the posters using Glogster.edu (instructions will be provided in class) and they should contain the following components: One Glogster.edu poster for each dynasty At least three "must see" tourist features with detailed text and relevant images for each dynasty At least one audio recording on each poster
 * Travel Poster Components: **
 * Travel Poster Components **

The [|**Poster Rubric**]will be used to evaluate your work; you should refer to it before handing in your final product. When you have completed the poster, embed it below the "Travel Poster" heading below:

// embed your posters here by copying the embed code from Glogster and adding an HTML widget //
 * Travel Posters **

The oral presentation is your opportunity to share your posters, explain whether your client should visit Han China or the Roman Empire, and should follow these guidelines: Less than three minutes in length Should address/explain the "must see" features of each dynasty Should explain which destination the client should visit and why This presentation is about speaking skills and the use of your posters. You will be permitted to use notecards but are NOT to simply read your notes to the audience. The [|**Presentation Rubric**]will be used to evaluate your work; you should refer to it before giving your final presentation
 * Oral Presentation Guidelines **