Deep Dive: The Printing Press

Whose job was it to create books before the invention of the printing press?

• Teachers and students
• Scribes and monks
• Authors and publishers

Who would most likely NOT have owned books in the European Middle Ages?

• Wealthy people

• Universities

• Monasteries

• Farmers

Where was printing developed before Europe?

• China

• Mali Empire

• the Mongols

• Middle East

Who invented the printing press in Europe?

• Isaac Newton
• Thomas Edison
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Johannes Gutenberg

What was one result of the printing press on European society?

• Decrease of artistic expression.

• Increased literacy and the spread of new ideas.
• Increased reliance on oral traditions.
• Decreased access to religious texts.

What was the first book published by Gutenberg?

• Gutenberg Bible
• Gutenberg Manuscript
• Gutenberg Codex
• Gutenberg Scroll

What social movement in Europe directly benefited from the invention of the printing press?

• Industrial Revolution
• Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation

• The Spanish Inquisition

• The French Revolution