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History & Evolution of Graphic Design Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What region in the world developed cuneiform?

a)

A. Caribbean

b)

B. United Kingdom

c)

C. Central America

d)

D. Mesopotamia

2.

Which of the following caves was most recently discovered?

a)

A. Padirac

b)

B. Lascaux

c)

C. Chauvet

d)

D. Montignac

3.

What are hieroglyphics?

a)

A. A character in the ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

B. An ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

C. The type of government in Egypt

d)

D. An ancient breed of dog

4.

Which of the following was the original reason for manuscripts?

a)

A. Farming

b)

B. Religion

c)

C. Government

d)

D. Children’s stories

5.

When was woodblock printing developed?

a)

A. 1802 B.C.

b)

B. 600 A.D.

c)

C. 875 B.C.

d)

D. 1203 A.D

6.

When did the Renaissance begin?

a)

A. 14th century

b)

B. 15th century

c)

C. 13th century

d)

D. 18th century

7.

Before the use of woodblock printing and the invention of the printing press, it typically took how long for scribes to complete a book?

a)

A. Six weeks

b)

B. One year

c)

C. Four months

d)

D. Nine months

8.

Which Renaissance typography type has mathematically perfect-sized letters?

a)

A. Centaur

b)

B. Venetian

c)

C. Sans-serif

d)

D. Antica

9.

Who invented the printing press in 1439?

a)

A. Johannes Gutenberg

b)

B. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

c)

C. Ottmar Mergenthaler

d)

D. John Rand

10.

What was the style of the typography used during the Renaissance?

a)

A. Simple

b)

B. Elaborate and ornate

c)

C. Typography did not exist in the Renaissance

d)

D. Easy to read

11.

The industrial revolution began in which of the following locations?

a)

A. France

b)

B. Italy

c)

C. Russia

d)

D. Britain

12.

Which of the following was NOT a popular letterform style during the industrial revolution?

a)

A. Script

b)

B. Victorian

c)

C. Sans Serif

d)

D. Tuscan

13.

Which letterform style reflected a bold, machine-like text?

a)

A. Victorian

b)

B. Sans Serif

c)

C. Tuscan

d)

D. Slab Serif

14.

In 1810, how many pages were able to be printed in an hour?

a)

A. 400

b)

B. 4,000

c)

C. 40

d)

D. 140

15.

Who developed the keyboard typesetter for the linotype machine?

a)

A. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

b)

B. Johannes Gutenberg

c)

C. Ottmar Mergenthaler

d)

D. Georges Braques

16.

Which of the following movements was NOT developed in the Modernist era?

a)

A. Architecture

b)

B. Literature

c)

C. Typography

d)

D. Music

17.

Where was Cubism developed?

a)

A. Paris, France

b)

B. Venice, Italy

c)

C. Moscow, Russia

d)

D. Madrid, Spain

18.

Which company developed four-color printing?

a)

A. Kodak®

b)

B. Eagle Printing Ink Company®

c)

C. Pantone®

d)

D. Artic Value Printing Company

19.

Who developed the Plakastil graphic design trend?

a)

A. Lucian Bernhard

b)

B. Pablo Picasso

c)

C. John Rand

d)

D. Georges Braques

20.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Bauhaus?

a)

A. Bold typography

b)

B. Clean, simple shapes

c)

C. Blocks of color

d)

D. Functionality

21.

What is another name for the Age of Information?

a)

A. Modernist era

b)

B. Technology growth period

c)

C. Digital age

d)

D. Development age

22.

Who developed the first design technology program which had a mouse and allowed for photo manipulation?

a)

A. Adobe®

b)

B. Macintosh®

c)

C. Windows®

d)

D. Samsung®

23.

Where was the International Typographic style developed?

a)

A. Switzerland

b)

B. Russia

c)

C. USA

d)

D. Italy

24.

URL stands for which of the following?

a)

A. Universal Reading Link

b)

B. Uniform Reading Link

c)

C. Universal Resource Link

d)

D. Uniform Resource Locator

25.

When was the World Wide Web released to the general public?

a)

A. 1997

b)

B. 2001

c)

C. 1985

d)

D. 1991