U5 L4: The Printing Press (7.44)-Practice

P1:

Before the invention of the printing press, how were books made?

• using wood block printing

• assembly line printing

• crafted by hand

• painted using script

P1:

Looking at the effect that hand writing books had on their cost and accessibility, which of the following statements is true?

• when fewer items are available they are cheaper

• when more items are available they are more expensive

• when more items are available the price does not change

• when fewer items are available they are more expensive

P1:

When books were expensive and rare, who had the most access?

• poor and uneducated

• knights and serfs

• Nobels and clergy

• artists and fieldworkers

P2:

Which of these images would be an example of moveable type?

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P2:

Gutenberg's printing press made books more ​ (a)   and widely ​ (b)   .

• affordable
• available
• expensive
• rare

P2:

As more books were printed and made available (a)   rates saw an increase.

P2:

As literacy rates rose, what was a further effect on the population of Europe.

• more people had access to an education

• more people left the cities for rural areas

• more people left rural areas to join the clergy

• access to education was denied to all by the wealthy

P3:

What language was the Bible written in at the beginning of the Renaissance?

• English

• German

• Greek

• Latin

P3:

What language did William Tyndale translate the Bible into?

• French

• English

• German

• Italian

(a)   : the language spoken by ordinary people