Context: Certain technological inventions of the period – whether of Arab or Chinese origin, or unique European innovations – were to have great influence on political and social developments, in particular gunpowder, the printing press and the compass. The introduction of gunpowder to the field of battle affected not only military organisation, but helped advance the nation state. Gutenberg's movable type printing press made possible not only the Reformation, but also a dissemination of knowledge that would lead to a gradually more egalitarian society. The compass, along with other innovations such as the cross-staff, the mariner's astrolabe, and advances in shipbuilding, enabled the navigation of the World Oceans, and the early phases of colonialism. Other inventions had a greater impact on everyday life, such as eyeglasses and the weight-driven clock.

Question: Who invented the movable printing press?
Answer: Gutenberg

Question: What religious movement was spurred by the invention of the printing press?
Answer: the Reformation

Question: Which inventions of the period had a great impact on everyday life?
Answer: eyeglasses and the weight-driven clock

Question: Which invention with military applications helped bring about the nation state?
Answer: gunpowder

Question: Advances in what construction trade helped to increase global navigation?
Answer: shipbuilding

Question: Who invented the stationary printing press?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What religious movement was halted by the invention of the printing press?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which inventions of the period had no impact on everyday life?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which invention with no military applications helped bring about the nation state?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Advances in what construction trade helped to decrease global navigation?
Answer: Unanswerable