Ask a History (Part 1b)

Paper-making and the printing press were ideas/technologies taken from China. How did they make it faster and cheaper to make more books? (Think of the information HE said. If he didn't say it, do NOT choose it.)

• paper is less expensive than what they used to use (animal skin)

• paper is lasts longer than animal skin, so you don't need to replace the book as often

• printing is faster than copying by hand

• printing allows for more detail which means they can charge more for the book

Based on the description he just gave, the printing press is kind of like...

• making a stamp and stamping the same page over and over

• taking a picture (like on your phone) and sending the picture to more and more people

• using a typewriter where each letter is pressed one at a time to form words on a page

• using a sewing machine, where a needle and thread stitch pieces of material together

How much do you agree with the Claim?

Without the invention of the printing press, the Renaissance would not have been as impactful.

• Completely AGREE

• Kind of AGREE

• Neutral = neither agree or disagree

• Kind of DISAGREE

• Completely DISAGREE

Every year Ms. Nutter teaches this unit there are students who think that the people of the Renaissance are not religious at all anymore. That is not true. Based on what the narrator just said, how do YOU know that that is not true?

• Martin Luther realizes that what the Church says will get you into Heaven is not accurate. (but the going to Heaven is still the ultimate goal in life)

• Renaissance artists stopped painting religious scenes and only focused on Greek and Roman mythology.

• The Catholic Church was completely abandoned during the Renaissance, and no one practiced Christianity anymore.

• People in the Renaissance only studied science and philosophy, ignoring religion altogether.

Why do YOU think sea monsters would have been added into old maps?

• to make them look cooler and more interesting

• they truly believed that's where sea monsters lived

• to try to explain the unexplainable (like why a ship wrecked or sailor drowned)

• to prevent people from wanting to explore potentially dangerous areas