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The History of Graphic Design

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was paper invented?

a)

Japan

b)

Africa

c)

China

d)

India

2.

Which of these is NOT true about the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The design of advertisements and fliers became a specialized activity separate from printing and production

b)

The first printing press was invented

c)

England's economic base shifted from landowning to manufacturing

d)

It began in Europe in the late 1700s

3.

Which of these is NOT true about the Bauhaus art movement?

a)

The Nazi political party forced it to close in 1933

b)

It had a major influence on the development of modern graphic design

c)

It was founded in Paris, France by the architect Walter Gropius

d)

It originated in 1919 as a new kind of art school

4.

"Think Small," a groundbreaking advertising campaign by copywriter Bill Bernbach and art director Helmut Krone, promoted the ________ brand in the 1960s.

a)

Bauhaus

b)

Condé Nast

c)

Mobil Oil

d)

Volkswagen

5.

_____ is considered one of the most influential American graphic designers.

a)

Paul Rand

b)

Johannes Guttenburg

c)

Steve Jobs

d)

Herbert Hoover

6.

18th century printing presses were powered by ___.

a)

electricity

b)

steam

c)

human muscles

d)

hydroelectricity

7.

___ is a style of architecture including the pointed arch and flying buttress made in response to mechanization.

a)

Gothic

b)

Bauhaus

c)

modernism

d)

art nouveau

8.

___ uses shape, form, color and line to create a composition that does not portray recognizable objects or scenes

a)

abstraction

b)

gothic

c)

art nouveau

d)

aestheticism

9.

Graphic design could both reflect and react against political views.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

___ is based on science, rather than classical forms.

a)

Futurism

b)

Cubism

c)

modernism

d)

abstraction