Sort developments as change or continuity

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   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?

   • Neither: it did not exist
   • Change: it was new
   • Change: it ended in the 600s
   • Continuity: it stayed in use
3. 2.

   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
   • Continuity: printing stayed the same
   • Change: a new way to print
4. 3.

   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.

   • Continuity: sailing stayed the same
   • Change: a new tool for sailors
   • Neither: no one sailed
   • Continuity: compasses were in use before
5. 4.

   Luz reads the word continuity. What does it mean?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Something was invented
   • Something stayed the same over time
   • Something happened once
   • Something became different
6. 5.

   Milo reads the word change. In history, what does it mean?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A coin given back
   • Something stayed the same
   • Something that did not happen
   • Something became different over time
7. 6.

   Paper money was new in the 1000s. Which word describes a new way of doing something, Noah asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A ruin
   • An old tradition
   • A continuity
   • An innovation
9. 7.

   Which came first on the strip, Pia asks?

   • Bi Sheng's movable type
   • The compass for sailing
   • Paper money
   • Woodblock printing, by the 600s
10. 8.

    What did Bi Sheng make his type from, Ren asks?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Paper notes
    • Wooden blocks carved for whole pages of text
    • Fired clay, one tile per character
    • Metal letters
11. 9.

    Movable type was invented, yet woodblock printing stayed the most common method. What does that show, Zee asks?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Neither one was used
    • Woodblock came after movable type
    • Change and continuity can happen together
    • Movable type ended woodblock printing in East Asia
12. 10.

    Why would paper money be a change from coins, Bo asks?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Paper is heavier than metal coins to carry
    • Paper is much lighter to carry
    • Coins were made of paper
    • Nothing was bought with it