The Printing Press

The Renaissance brought about many changes to European society during the __ and __ centuries

• 20th and 21th

• 15th and 16th

• 18th and 19th

The Chinese had been using wooden blocks to print since about ___ CE.

• 200

• 300

• 400

• 500

In 1041 CE, an inventor named _________ invented what is called 'movable type'.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Pi Sheng

Since there are thousands of characters in the ________ language

• Persian

• Korean

• Arabic

• Chinese

In Europe, however, the __-letter alphabet made it easier to create movable type.

• 27

• 30

• 26

• 25

In 1436 CE, an inventor named _________________ designed a new kind of printing press.

• Thomas Edison

• Louis Pasteur

• Nikola Tesla

• Johannes Gutenberg

Gutenberg met a lawyer named Johann Fust in ____CE who invested in his idea.

• 1434

• 1433

• 1450

• 1449

By 1550 CE, most classical texts were in print throughout ______.

• India

• Korea

• China

• Europe

Book printing begin in Europe.

• True

• False

What is this machine?

• Paper Making machine

• Sewing machine

• Time machine

• The Printing Press