ARTS 301 Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Kufic calligraphy - CORRECT ANSWER - oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic
scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Kufic developed around the
end of the 7th century in Kufa, Iraq, from which it takes its name, and other centres.[1]
Paper (origins, history, spread) - CORRECT ANSWER - China during the Eastern Han
period (25-220 C.E.), traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun. During the 8th
century, Chinese papermaking spread to the Islamic world, where pulp mills and paper mills
were used for money making. By the 11th century, papermaking was brought to medieval
Europe, where it was refined with the earliest known paper mills utilizing waterwheels. Later
Western improvements to the papermaking process came in the 19th century with the invention
of wood-based papers.
Shahnama - CORRECT ANSWER - a long epic poem written by the Persian poet
Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.
Bi Sheng - CORRECT ANSWER - (990-1051 AD) was a Chinese artisan and inventor of
the world's first movable type technology, invented between 1041 and 1048
Moveable Type - CORRECT ANSWER - system and technology of printing and
typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document
Johannes Gutenberg - CORRECT ANSWER - German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer,
and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of
mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a
milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history
Incunabulum (incunabula) - CORRECT ANSWER - a book, pamphlet, or broadside
printed in Europe before the year 1501.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Kufic calligraphy - CORRECT ANSWER - oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic
scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Kufic developed around the
end of the 7th century in Kufa, Iraq, from which it takes its name, and other centres.[1]
Paper (origins, history, spread) - CORRECT ANSWER - China during the Eastern Han
period (25-220 C.E.), traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun. During the 8th
century, Chinese papermaking spread to the Islamic world, where pulp mills and paper mills
were used for money making. By the 11th century, papermaking was brought to medieval
Europe, where it was refined with the earliest known paper mills utilizing waterwheels. Later
Western improvements to the papermaking process came in the 19th century with the invention
of wood-based papers.
Shahnama - CORRECT ANSWER - a long epic poem written by the Persian poet
Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.
Bi Sheng - CORRECT ANSWER - (990-1051 AD) was a Chinese artisan and inventor of
the world's first movable type technology, invented between 1041 and 1048
Moveable Type - CORRECT ANSWER - system and technology of printing and
typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document
Johannes Gutenberg - CORRECT ANSWER - German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer,
and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of
mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is regarded as a
milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history
Incunabulum (incunabula) - CORRECT ANSWER - a book, pamphlet, or broadside
printed in Europe before the year 1501.
