Question

What did Johannes Guttenberg’s invention influence?

It produced a larger supply of wool cloth at less cost, allowing western Europeans to expand the sale of cloth and clothing in the East.
It improved the safety of sailing on the Atlantic Ocean thereby allowing merchants to sail farther faster and explorers to sail westward.
It made printed materials less expensive and thereby encouraged people to learn to read.
It allowed farmers to expand the size of existing fields and plow faster, resulting in a greater supply of food.
It strengthened western Europeans’ effort to defend its eastern border against Muslim armies.

Answer 1

It made printed materials less expensive and thereby encouraged people to learn to read.

Gutenberg’s movable-type printing press dramatically lowered the cost and increased the speed of producing books and pamphlets, spreading literacy, education, and new ideas (e.g., the Reformation and scientific works).