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By the time of the Song the Chinese also had perfected the "south-pointing needle," otherwise known as the compass. Various prototypes of the compass had existed in China from the third
century B.C.E., but the new version developed during the Song was particularly well suited for navigation. Soon Chinese mariners were using the south-pointing needle on the oceans, publishing "needle charts" for the benefit of sea captains and following "needle routes" on the Southern Ocean.
Lynda Shaffer, "Southernization," in Journal of World History, 1994
(A) Identify ONE reason the Song developed a "south-pointing" instead of a "north-pointing" needle.
(B) Identify ONE Chinese development in shipbuilding by the fourteenth century.
(C) Describe ONE reason that the compass helped oceanic navigation.

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