Lesson test: Moving a technique

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Moving a technique

1.[3p]
Put these places in the order in which paper making is first attested at each.

Xativa
Egypt
Baghdad
Fabriano
Samarkand

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c, a, e, d, b

2.[3p]
Samarkand to Fabriano is about 4,440 km, and the dates are 751 and 1276. How many kilometres a year did the technique travel?

CorrectNot quite: 8.5

3.[3p]
Ujjain to Pisa is about 6,310 km, and the dates are 628 and 1202. How many kilometres a year did Indian numerals travel?

CorrectNot quite: 11

4.[2p]
Why does a skill travel so much more slowly than an object?

It is tacit, so it moves only inside a trained person and must be rebuilt around local materials

Correct

Rulers forbade craftsmen from travelling

The answer is: It is tacit, so it moves only inside a trained person and must be rebuilt around local materials

Skills were kept secret by guilds everywhere in Asia

The answer is: It is tacit, so it moves only inside a trained person and must be rebuilt around local materials

Nobody wanted foreign techniques

The answer is: It is tacit, so it moves only inside a trained person and must be rebuilt around local materials

5.[2p]
The story that papermaking passed west after the battle of Talas rests on a source written nearly three centuries later.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

6.[3p]
Match each item to the category it belongs to.

A finished porcelain bowl
A written formula for gunpowder
The ability to throw a large vase

a tacit skill
a recipe
an object

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A finished porcelain bowl: an object A written formula for gunpowder: a recipe The ability to throw a large vase: a tacit skill

7.[2p]
In which year did the Tang court send envoys to Magadha to learn cane sugar boiling?

CorrectNot quite: 647

8.[3p]
Why did Islamic potters produce tin-glazed earthenware rather than porcelain?

The technique would not move, so they substituted a local product that imitated the appearance

Correct

Porcelain clay was unavailable anywhere outside China

The answer is: The technique would not move, so they substituted a local product that imitated the appearance

Chinese potters refused to sell them the recipe

The answer is: The technique would not move, so they substituted a local product that imitated the appearance

Tin glaze was cheaper and equally durable

The answer is: The technique would not move, so they substituted a local product that imitated the appearance

9.[3p]
Which of these actually crossed Eurasia in the Yuan blue and white porcelain trade?

Select all that apply

Persian cobalt ore, moving east

Correct

A design brief suited to Islamic taste

Correct

Finished vessels, moving west by sea

Correct

The technique of high-fired porcelain manufacture

The answer is: Persian cobalt ore, moving east, A design brief suited to Islamic taste, Finished vessels, moving west by sea

1.[3p] Put these places in the order in which paper making is first attested at each.

2.[3p] Samarkand to Fabriano is about 4,440 km, and the dates are 751 and 1276. How many kilometres a year did the technique travel?

3.[3p] Ujjain to Pisa is about 6,310 km, and the dates are 628 and 1202. How many kilometres a year did Indian numerals travel?

4.[2p] Why does a skill travel so much more slowly than an object?

5.[2p] The story that papermaking passed west after the battle of Talas rests on a source written nearly three centuries later.

6.[3p] Match each item to the category it belongs to.

7.[2p] In which year did the Tang court send envoys to Magadha to learn cane sugar boiling?

8.[3p] Why did Islamic potters produce tin-glazed earthenware rather than porcelain?

9.[3p] Which of these actually crossed Eurasia in the Yuan blue and white porcelain trade?

1.[3p]
Put these places in the order in which paper making is first attested at each.

2.[3p]
Samarkand to Fabriano is about 4,440 km, and the dates are 751 and 1276. How many kilometres a year did the technique travel?

3.[3p]
Ujjain to Pisa is about 6,310 km, and the dates are 628 and 1202. How many kilometres a year did Indian numerals travel?

4.[2p]
Why does a skill travel so much more slowly than an object?

5.[2p]
The story that papermaking passed west after the battle of Talas rests on a source written nearly three centuries later.

6.[3p]
Match each item to the category it belongs to.

7.[2p]
In which year did the Tang court send envoys to Magadha to learn cane sugar boiling?

8.[3p]
Why did Islamic potters produce tin-glazed earthenware rather than porcelain?

9.[3p]
Which of these actually crossed Eurasia in the Yuan blue and white porcelain trade?