The Printing Press

Who invented the printing press?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Johann Gutenberg
• Thomas Farnsworth
• Guglielmo Marconi

In what year was the printing press invented?

• 1400

• 1436

• 1640

• 1880

Which of the following was the first printed/published book?

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• The Bible
• Webster's Dictionary
• The Epic of Gildamesh

Which of the following was the MOST profound effect of the printing press?

• Books became cheaper
• News spread
• Increased Literacy Rates
• Books could be produced in mass

Which of the following groups of people first used the stamper and ink pad?

• British
• Spanish
• Japanese
• Chinese

Which detail from Passage 1 supports the claim that the printing press changed the world.

• a. Affordable books made literacy a crucial skill and an unprecedented means of social advancement to those who acquired it.
• b. When Gutenberg entered it, printing was a slow and laborious business.
• c. The completed book appeared about a year later...it became known as the Gutenberg Bible.

way was the printing press invented

• to make book making easier

• do not know

• to make books moor interesting

The printing press changed history

• true

• false

What happened after the printing press was developed?

• Books became cheaper to make

• More Europeans learned to read and write

• People gained knowledge on math, science and medicine

• all answers are correct

The printing press signaled the beginning of a more literate, educated Europeans middle class.

• True

• False