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?
- Continuity: Roman law carried on
- Change: it began in 1440
- Neither: it was not written down
- 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.
- Continuity: ink was new
- Neither: it was in 529
- Change: new tools for printing
- Continuity: printing stayed the same
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
- About 2 times
- Roughly 7 to 10 times as many
- About the same
What does that growth in printed copies show, Tala asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Fewer books were made
- Books came before writing
- Printing grew fast in the 1500s
- Printing stopped after 1500 in Europe
How many years after the press of about 1440 had 20 million copies been printed, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- About 60 years
- About 6 years
- About 600 years
- About 2,940 years
When was Roman law gathered into one great collection, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- 529–534 CE
- By 1500
- 529–534 BCE
- About 1440
Which card on the strip is mostly about continuity, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Gutenberg's new metal type
- The 20 million printed copies
- Roman law carrying on into later law
- Oil-based ink
Why might guild rules on quality and apprentices keep crafts much the same for a long time, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- They banned crafts
- They changed each rule yearly
- They passed on the same skills and standards
- They printed books
Why would a printing press be a bigger change than a new guild rule, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- It changed how many books could be made
- It was older than guilds
- It ended guilds at once
- It changed nothing
Luz's friend says the press made everything about books new. What is the best reply?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Disagree: the press changed nothing
- Agree: nothing old was kept
- Agree: books were new
- Disagree: it kept some old tools