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title: Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius

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The 15 questions of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t1/) — my history channel said Gutenberg invented printing. that right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t2/) — Your friend draws the Silk Road as one straight motorway. What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t3/) — What would happen if a Roman learned the secret of the silkworms? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t4/) — You are lost at sea with a magnetised needle on a cork in a bowl of water. What can you find? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t5/) — Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong". What would Confucius really say? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t6/) — Why could ideas and religions also travel the Silk Road? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t7/) — Why do camels suit desert caravans better than horses? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t8/) — People in Zheng He's time had never seen a giraffe. Why bring one home? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t9/) — Why is paper better than clay tablets for a long letter? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t10/) — An alchemist wanted to live for ever and found something else. What? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/t11/) — In a game you trade silk for horses at an oasis. Which real thing is this most like? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/e1/) — Identify the official of the Han court credited with the improvement of papermaking. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called Silk Road? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the history of printing. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/e4/) — Ascertain the maxim commonly attributed to Confucius. — wrong ✗ · exam

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