A historical topic, urgent ~! ! !

(1) Early Northern Song Dynasty. According to the records, the word "compass" appeared, which was called Sina in the Warring States and compass in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and was only used for navigation.

(2) Information obtained: Material 1: China used a compass for divination in ancient times. Material 2: Compass was introduced to foreign countries and widely used in navigation. It shows that China invented the advanced compass in ancient times, but he didn't know how to make good use of it. Science and technology need good luck to be put into practice.

(3) Compass was introduced to Europe in the second half of12nd century. Influence: The application of compass in navigation led to Columbus's voyage to discover the new continent of America and Magellan's voyage around the world. This has greatly accelerated the development of the world economy and provided an indispensable prerequisite for the development of capitalism. The compass has brought the progress of navigation, the great geographical discovery, the world distribution of colonies and plantations, the great circulation of world markets and commodities, and the worldwide cultural exchange to help the European bourgeoisie go global.