Two Key Inventions That Found Their Way from China to the West

question 8

Multiple Choice

Two key inventions that found their way from China to the West during the twelfth to thirteenth century were

• A) the concept of zero and movable type.
• B) the magnetic compass and paper.
• C) gunpowder and the manufacture of silk.
• D) paper money and movable type.

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