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
   • Change: it was new
   • Neither: it did not exist
   • Change: it ended in the 600s
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
   • Continuity: clay was used before
   • Continuity: printing stayed the same
   • Neither: it happened in 1800
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: compasses were in use before
   • Neither: no one sailed
   • Change: a new tool for sailors
   • 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 happened once
   • Something stayed the same over time
   • Something was invented
6. 5.

   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
8. 6.

   Which came first on the strip, Pia asks?

   • Paper money
   • Woodblock printing, by the 600s
   • Bi Sheng's movable type
   • The compass for sailing
9. 7.

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

   Use the picture in question 6.

   • Fired clay, one tile per character
   • Wooden blocks carved for whole pages of text
   • Metal letters
   • Paper notes
10. 8.

    Where did the first paper money appear, Tala asks?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Constantinople
    • Chengdu
    • Venice
    • Cuzco
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 6.

    • Change and continuity can happen together
    • Neither one was used
    • Woodblock came after movable type
    • 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 6.

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