Media And Information Literacy Practice Test

The Codex originated in which region?

Papyrus in Egypt Codex in Mayan Region Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia Printing press using wood blocks

Correct Answer:

Codex in Mayan Region

Explanation:

A codex is a bound book with pages that you flip through, not a scroll. The bound-book form originated in the Maya region of Mesoamerica, where scribes used folded sheets of bark paper (amatl) to create codices. These early Maya codices were designed for practical records like calendars, rituals, and astronomical tables, and some survive today as clear examples of this bound format. The other options describe media or technologies that aren’t the source of the codex form: papyrus in Egypt produced scrolls, clay tablets in Mesopotamia were individual tablets, and the printing press with wood blocks is a later development that enabled mass production rather than the original bound-book concept.

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