section 2 Chapter 6

Question 1

Major rivers/routes

Answer 1

Danube, Rhine, and Rhone River

Question 2

1st European to use movable type

Answer 2

Johann Gutenberg

Question 3

Gutenberg used printing press to print copies of the _____

Answer 3

bible

Question 4

Printed books would not

Answer 4

last long

Question 5

hand copied manuscripts were

Answer 5

made more beautifully

Question 6

scribes would lose

Answer 6

their profession because of the printing press.

Question 7

who wrote “The Praise of Folly”

Answer 7

Erasmus

Question 8

“The praise of Folly” was

Answer 8

Erasmus’s most famous book

Question 9

“The praise of Folly” ridiculed

Answer 9

ignorance, superstitions, and vice among Christians

Question 10

Who wrote “Utopia”

Answer 10

Thomas More

Question 11

“Utopia” condemmed

Answer 11

governments as corrupt

Question 12

Thomas More refused to agree to king’s supremacy so

Answer 12

Henry had him executed

Question 13

William Shakespeare is a leading

Answer 13

literary figure

Question 14

3 famous works of Shakespeare

Answer 14

Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
King Leer
Macbeth

Question 15

Good things about the printing press

Answer 15

faster;easier
variety of subjects
commercial profit
print copies of the bible
spread ideas