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?
- Change: it began in 1440
- Neither: it was not written down
- Continuity: Roman law carried on
- Change: Roman law was forgotten
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.
- Neither: it was in 529
- Continuity: printing stayed the same
- Change: new tools for printing
- Continuity: ink was new
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
- Change: these were invented in 1440
- Neither: there were no books
- 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 130 to 180 million times
- Roughly 7 to 10 times as many
- About the same
- About 2 times
What does that growth in printed copies show, Tala asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Printing grew fast in the 1500s
- Printing stopped after 1500 in Europe
- Fewer books were made
- Books came before writing
How many years after the press of about 1440 had 20 million copies been printed, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- About 6 years
- About 60 years
- About 2,940 years
- About 600 years
What did guilds set rules for, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Roman law books
- Quality, prices and apprentices
- Roads and bridges
- Printing presses
When was Roman law gathered into one great collection, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- About 1440
- By 1500
- 529–534 BCE
- 529–534 CE
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 banned crafts
- They passed on the same skills and standards
- They changed each rule yearly
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 how many books could be made
- It changed nothing
- It ended guilds at once