Printing press quiz

Which country first invented movable type?

• China

• Mesopotamia

• Korea

• Argentina

Why was movable type not popular there?

• There were too many characters

• It was too expensive

• It looked bad

• No why

Who invented printing in Europe?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• James Hewett-Packard

• Rupert Murdoch

• Alan Qwerty

In order to make sure the printing looks right, the letters must be...

• backwards

• big

• small

• the same size

What major event helped increase the popularity of printing in Europe?

• The Black Death

• the football world cup

• the War of the Roses

• the rise of Christianity

Who was mainly responsible for copying books before printing?

• monks

• doctors

• women

• children

What was the cheap paper used in early European printing made of?

• old clothes

• sheepskin

• bamboo

• wood

Why did cities growing help make it easier to make movable type?

• there was more mining so cheaper metals

• there were more people to work on the printing press

• there was more space to print in

• there were more people to buy books

What is the name for the view, made more popular by the printing press, that people should be the centre of our ideas, not God?

• humanism

• peopleism

• communism

• onanism

Who helped the rise of printing by providing some of the ingredients for ink?

• artists

• fishermen

• shoemakers

• clothes makers