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Inventions

Everywhere you look there are objects that make your life easier: phones, cars,even this book you are reading now! All these things were invented by people called inventors.

Inventions can be very simple, like the zip on your coat or very big and important,like the printing press.

Gideon Sundback invented the zip in Canada, in 1913. They used first zips for boots. By 1930 they were put onto clothes too. Imagine your life without zips!

Johannes Gutenberg, from Mainz, in Germany invented the printing press in 1436. This invention changed the world. Before the printing press all books were copied by hand. Gutenberg produced the world's first printed book: the Gutenberg Bible, in 1454. After this invention, people could find out more about the world.

1. Who invented the zip?

a. Gideon Sundback.b. Gillian Soundtrack.c. Guinevere Sontag.

2. When was the zip invented?

a. In 1930.b.In 1390.c. In 1913.

3.What was the first printed book?

a. The Odyssey.

b. The Gutenberg Bible. c. The Coran

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