Sort developments as change or continuity
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet
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Change means something became different; continuity means something stayed the same over time.
Roman law, collected in 529–534 CE, later became a basis for law in much of Europe. Is that change or continuity, Milo asks?
- Neither: it was not written down
- Continuity: Roman law carried on
- Change: Roman law was forgotten
- Change: it began in 1440
Gutenberg's press of about 1440 used new metal type and oil-based ink. Is that change or continuity, Noah asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Continuity: ink was new
- Continuity: printing stayed the same
- Change: new tools for printing
- Neither: it was in 529
Gutenberg kept the screw press and the bound book, which were already in use. Is that part change or continuity, Pia asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Change: books were new
- Neither: there were no books
- Change: these were invented in 1440
- Continuity: old tools stayed in use
More than 20 million copies by 1500, and 150 to 200 million by 1600. About how many times as many by 1600, Ren asks?
- About 2 times
- Roughly 7 to 10 times as many
- About 130 to 180 million times
- About the same
What did guilds set rules for, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Roads and bridges
- Quality, prices and apprentices
- Roman law books
- Printing presses
When was Roman law gathered into one great collection, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- 529–534 CE
- About 1440
- 529–534 BCE
- By 1500
Which card on the strip is mostly about continuity, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- The 20 million printed copies
- Roman law carrying on into later law
- Oil-based ink
- Gutenberg's new metal type
Why might guild rules on quality and apprentices keep crafts much the same for a long time, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- They printed books
- They passed on the same skills and standards
- They changed each rule yearly
- They banned crafts
Why would a printing press be a bigger change than a new guild rule, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- It was older than guilds
- It changed nothing
- It changed how many books could be made
- It ended guilds at once
Luz's friend says the press made everything about books new. What is the best reply?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Agree: nothing old was kept
- Disagree: the press changed nothing
- Agree: books were new
- Disagree: it kept some old tools