Gunpowder Discussion
Questions
1. What was an alchemist and what was
his goal?
2. What were the three main ingredients that the Chinese
mixed to make their early gunpowder?
3. What was the fire-lance
and how was it used by the Chinese millitary?
4. How did the Mongol
nomads first learn about gunpowder technology?
5. In what way did
Europe help to spread gunpowder technology throughout the world?
6.
How did the expansion of European trade affect Chinese
technology?
7. What kind of flammable substances were Islamic people
accustomed to prior to gunpowder?
8. What two things were Islamic
alchemists in search of?
9. What are the ingredients of Ali's fire
resistant paint?
10.What year did Islamic engineers create a bamboo
shoot gun?
11. Which groups/countries have claimed to be the
inventor of gunpowder?
12. What is Mir Fatehullah Khan known as the
"father" of?
13. What is the downfall to the theory that Islamic
people invented gunpowder?
14. Which two men are involved in the
controversy of who was the European father of gunpowder?
15. What
is the name of Francis Bacon's book?
16. Who is the inventor of the
European rifle?
17. What was corned gunpowder?
18. How did European
gunpowder technology return to China?
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