Sort developments as change or continuity
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Woodblock printing stayed the most common way to print in East Asia from the 600s to the 1800s. Is that change or continuity, Esme asks?
- Change: it ended in the 600s
- Change: it was new
- Continuity: it stayed in use
- Neither: it did not exist
Bi Sheng made movable type from fired clay between 1039 and 1048. Is that change or continuity, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Neither: it happened in 1800
- Continuity: clay was used before
- Change: a new way to print
- Continuity: printing stayed the same
Sailors began to use the compass to find their way in the 1000s. Is that change or continuity, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Change: a new tool for sailors
- Neither: no one sailed
- Continuity: compasses were in use before
- Continuity: sailing stayed the same
Luz reads the word continuity. What does it mean?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Something happened once
- Something became different
- Something stayed the same over time
- Something was invented
Milo reads the word change. In history, what does it mean?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Something became different over time
- Something stayed the same
- Something that did not happen
- A coin given back
Paper money was new in the 1000s. Which word describes a new way of doing something, Noah asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- An old tradition
- An innovation
- A continuity
- A ruin
Which came first on the strip, Pia asks?
- The compass for sailing
- Bi Sheng's movable type
- Paper money
- Woodblock printing, by the 600s
Movable type was invented, yet woodblock printing stayed the most common method. What does that show, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 7.
- Movable type ended woodblock printing in East Asia
- Neither one was used
- Woodblock came after movable type
- Change and continuity can happen together
Why might the compass be a big change for sailors, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 7.
- It printed maps
- It shows direction in cloudy weather
- It made ships faster
- It replaced the sea
Why would paper money be a change from coins, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 7.
- Nothing was bought with it
- Coins were made of paper
- Paper is heavier than metal coins to carry
- Paper is much lighter to carry