PRINTING PRESS Document Based Questions DOCUMENT 1 1

PRINTING PRESS Document Based Questions

DOCUMENT 1 • 1. Would you rather work as a scribe or a printer? Explain. • 2. Write a brief thought bubble above each picture representing the thoughts of each worker. • 3. Consider differences in time and accuracy of a scribe copying a text from a prior manuscript, or several scribes copying a book from dictation (someone reading it to them). What problems of accuracy might arise from copying a book taken from dictation (speaking) or copying a book from a previous handwritten book? • 4. Estimate the time it would take to copy your favorite book as a gift for a friend. How long would it take to copy that book for all of your friends? How likely would all of the copies be exactly the same?

DOCUMENT 2 • 1. What is the number of cities in which printing presses were established before 1470 and after? • 2. What industries might have been impacted by the invention of the printing press? Think about the process of making a book. • 3. Infer what areas of life would be most affected by the spread of printing in Europe.

DOCUMENT 7 • 1. Create a cause and effect chain/flow chart beginning with more accurate maps and ending with the social, political and economic effects.

DOCUMENT 10 • In the 17 th Century, Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. ” Explain this quote and hypothesize whether he could have made this statement without the printing press.