Passage 1
Passage 2
Which idea from Passage I would the
author of Passago 2 MOST LIKELY disagree
with?
Technology is most helpful when it is easy to
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The Importance
of the Printing Press
Without a doubt, the invention of the
printing press in the fifteenth century was
the most influential technological
innovation in history. The printing press
replaced carved wooden blocks with
moveable metal type. As a result, printing
books became much faster, cheaper,
and easier. Books becamewidely
available and affordable in a way that
they had never been before.
With books more accessible, people had
more reason to learn to read. Literacy
The printing press was responsible for a
dramatic rise in the number of people who
could read.
Sharing information quickly is very helpful to
scientists.
Computers built on the more revolutionary
advances brought about by the printing
press.