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WorksheetsThe Dawn of the Information Age
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 14mins
Match the following
Information
Knowledge or facts
Alphabet
A system of letters
Character
A letter or symbol
Printing press
A machine used to make books
Efficient
Doing something without wasting time
What invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread information through society?
The telephone
The printing press
The light bulb
The steam engine
Which ancient civilization used stamps made of clay and stone for printing?
Egyptians
Greeks
Babylonians
Romans
How many letters (characters) does the English alphabet have?
24
25
26
27
What did Gutenberg use to create text for each page?
Wooden blocks
Metal stamps
Clay tablets
Stone carvings
What was a major advantage of Gutenberg's printing press?
It could print in color
It was very small
It could print six pages at once
It used no ink
What did Gutenberg's press use to press the paper against the ink?
A metal rod
A flat piece of wood
A stone slab
A rubber roller
Why was printing not very practical before Gutenberg's invention?
It was too colorful
It was too slow
It was too expensive
It was too noisy
What did Chinese scholars use to print thousands of pages?
Metal stamps
Wooden blocks
Stone tablets
Clay pots
Why were books rare before the printing press?
What did Gutenberg's assistants spend many hours doing?
Painting pictures
Arranging letters
Writing by hand
Carving statues
How did Gutenberg's invention impact the sharing of knowledge?
It made it more expensive
It slowed it down
It increased it
It stopped it
What was a challenge with printing before Gutenberg's press?
Lack of paper
Lack of ink
Lack of movable type
Lack of wood
What did Gutenberg's press require to print a book?
A lot of money
A lot of time
A lot of people
A lot of space
What did Gutenberg's press help reduce the cost of?
Food
Books
Clothes
Houses
Why is the invention of the printing press such an important invention?
