CLASS10 · Socialscience · Print Culture — Pioneers

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs

1. Left

   Johann Gutenberg

   Right

   First European printing press (~1450)

2. Left

   Wood-block printing

   Right

   Originated in China (8th century)

3. Left

   Lithography

   Right

   Image-on-stone print process

4. Left

   Compositor

   Right

   Sets metal type for each page

5. Left

   Galley proof

   Right

   Trial print read for errors

6. Left

   James Augustus Hickey

   Right

   Started 'Bengal Gazette' in 1780

Instructions

Match each print-culture term to its origin or person.