The Printing Press

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The Printing Press

• The impact of the invention on society.

Gutenburg
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The Invention

• Woodblock Rubbing
• Moveable Metal Letters
• The Press

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Social Impact
How did your invention effect society?

• The Literacy Rate of the general population has
  steadily increased.

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Benefit of Clergy
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Cultural Impact
How did your innovation change peoples ideas?

• Vulgar languages replaced Latin
• Skepticism- people became less religious
• People less superstitious

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Impact of Books

• More realism

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Environmental Impact
How did your development affect resources?

• Less demand for vellum(animal skins)
• More demand for paper

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Political Impact
What was the impact on government and laws?

• People began to read about new ideas like Martin
  Luthers thesis and ideas on democracy

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Economic Impact
What was the impact on the production,
distribution and consumption of items ?

• Bible sales increased
• Scribes disappear
• 700,000 indulgences printed

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Ethical Impact
How did it change the way people thought of right
and wrong?

• Plagerism increases

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Resources

• Quia Site
• www.quia.com/pages/commtech.html
• World of Invention
• Eureka
• Great Scientific Achievements
• Famous Inventions
• Famous First Facts
• Technologys Past