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?

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

   • Change: a new way to print
   • Neither: it happened in 1800
   • Continuity: clay was used before
   • Continuity: printing stayed the same
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.

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

   Luz reads the word continuity. What does it mean?

   Use the picture in question 1.

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

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

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A coin given back
   • Something that did not happen
   • Something stayed the same
   • 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.

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

   Which came first on the strip, Pia asks?

   • Woodblock printing, by the 600s
   • The compass for sailing
   • Paper money
   • Bi Sheng's movable type
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
    • Metal letters
    • Fired clay, one tile per character
11. 9.

    Where did the first paper money appear, Tala asks?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Venice
    • Cuzco
    • Chengdu
    • Constantinople
12. 10.

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

    Use the picture in question 7.

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