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: printing stayed the same
- Change: new tools for printing
- Continuity: ink was new
- 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.
- Neither: there were no books
- Continuity: old tools stayed in use
- Change: books were new
- Change: these were invented in 1440
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
- About 130 to 180 million times
- About the same
- Roughly 7 to 10 times as many
What does that growth in printed copies show, Tala asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Fewer books were made
- Printing stopped after 1500 in Europe
- Books came before writing
- Printing grew fast in the 1500s
How many years after the press of about 1440 had 20 million copies been printed, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- About 600 years
- About 6 years
- About 2,940 years
- About 60 years
When was Roman law gathered into one great collection, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- 529–534 CE
- By 1500
- About 1440
- 529–534 BCE
Which card on the strip is mostly about continuity, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- The 20 million printed copies
- Oil-based ink
- Gutenberg's new metal type
- Roman law carrying on into later law
Why would a printing press be a bigger change than a new guild rule, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- It changed how many books could be made
- It was older than guilds
- It changed nothing
- 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.
- Disagree: the press changed nothing
- Disagree: it kept some old tools
- Agree: books were new
- Agree: nothing old was kept