[ 409 ] Geography and the World GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Read the passage and answer the following question. German printer Johannes Gutenberg is often credited with the invention of the first printing press to use movable type. He used hand-set type to print the Gutenberg Bible in 1455. Although his invention greatly influenced printing in Europe, similar technologies were used earlier in China and Korea. Chinese printers used movable block prints and type made of clay as early as 1040, and Korean printers invented movable copper type about 1392. What is the purpose of the paragraph? a. to praise the advances of printing technology b. to connect the early advances in printing with today’s technological advances c. to show that technological advances can develop in different geographical areas over periods of time d. to give credit to Gutenberg for the first movable-type printing press