Prehistoric
Name one way communication was achieved in the prehistory era.
Speech
Gestures
Images
Demonstration
Memory
Where do hieroglyphs come from?
Egypt
Where were books copied and stored before universities existed?
Monasteries
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Name one material people used to draw cave paintings.
Mineral pigments
Charcoal
Clay
Earth
What writing system did Germanic tribes use in Northern Europe?
Runes
What does manu mean in the word manuscript?
Hand
What was the main advantage of the printing press?
Books could be mass produced
Who wrote the plays Hamlet and Macbeth?
Shakespeare
How was knowledge conveyed in a verbal tradition?
From one person to another
Name one of the two forms of writing that came from Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
What was the first university in Europe?
Bonus points for the date it opened
Oxford
1096 AD
What rose as a result of the printing press?
Literacy in Europe
Who was the second president of the U.S?
John Adams
What was a major limit of cave paintings?
They were too interpretive
What was the first alphabet to use symbols to represent individual sounds instead of whole words?
Phoenician alphabet
What material were most manuscripts written on?
Parchment (animal skin)
Why were books expensive before the printing press?
They were difficult to produce
What is the smallest country by land mass?
Vatican City
What is a limit of memory?
Stories can change over time
Around what year did writing first begin to pop up in the ancient world?
3500 BCE
What job did a rubricator have in a monastery?
Added color to headings or important letters
Finish the sentence:
The printing press fundamentally changed humanity's relationship with ______ and _______.
Communication and knowledge
What is the tallest bridge solely contained in Minnesota?
Thomas Rukavina Memorial Bridge in Virginia, MN