The Power of the Printed Word

Where did Johann Gutenberg grow up?

• in a poor family with lots of expensive books

• in a wealthy family with few expensive books

• in a poor family with few expensive books

• in a wealthy family with lots of expensive books

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What were books like throughout the Middle Ages?

• easy to make, and everyone owned and read them

• hard to make, and mostly the wealthy owned and read them

• easy to make, and they were only about the Romans

• hard to make, and mostly poor people owned and read them

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What did Johann's decide to do with his knowledge of metal working?

• create large swords that could be used by armies

• create beautiful forks, knives, and spoons

• create letters out of metal that could make images on paper

• create large chains that could hold anchors on big ships

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Who else had previously invented printing and moveable type before Johann?

• Europeans

• Chinese

• Koreans

• all of the above

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What did Johann invent that had truly never been done before?

• moveable type

• printing

• the letters of the alphabet

• a machine that made printing with moveable type easier

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What big project did Johann decide to undertake with his new printing press?

• print copies of Greek and Roman myths

• print copies of the Bible, which took years and lots of money

• printing money

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What language were most books first printed in?

• Latin

• Italian

• Spanish

• English

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Why were some people unhappy with the invention of the printing press?

• They didn't think enough Greek myths were being printed.

• They missed spending lots of money on books.

• They worried ideas they disagreed with would spread quickly.

• They thought printing presses made too many spelling errors.

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How were paper and parchment different?

• paper was always blue and parchment was always yellow

• paper was lighter and less expensive to make than parchment

• paper was only used for fancy books and parchment for small books

• paper was heavier and far more expensive to make than parchment

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When was the first Bible printed?

• 1354

• 1454

• 1654

• 1754

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