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Communication
How do we communicate
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are grunts? | Grunts were means of communication when people didn't speak |
| How did people communicate over long distances in the past? | In the past people communicated with smoke signals, drums, fire beacons, but also pigeons and with messengers |
| What are pictograms? | Pictograms are simple pictures that show exactly what they are |
| What are ideograms? | Ideograms are simple pictures that could have more meanings |
| What are petroglyphs? | Petroglyphs are simple images carved in stone |
| What are cave paintings? | Cave paintings are simple pictures in caves painted by prehistoric people |
| Why do people communicate? | People communicate because they want to share their feelings, information, learn about something |
| What was the first writing? | Cuneiform was the first writing |
| Where does cuneiform come from? | Cuneiform comes from Mesopotamia |
| Why did Sumerians create the first writing? | Sumerians invented their writing - cuneiform, to keep records |
| What were hieroglyphics? | Hieroglyphics are the writing system in Ancient Egypt |
| What did Sumerians write on? | Sumerians wrote on clay tablets and with a stylus |
| What did Egyptians write on? | Egyptians wrote on papyrus |
| What did Romans write on? | Romans wrote on wax tablets and papyrus scrolls |
| Where does alphabet come from? | Alphabet comes from Ancient Greece and the first two letters "alpha" and "beta" |
| What was Acta Diurna? | Acta Diurna was a kind of daily newspaper in Ancient Rome where they published official notices |
| What was a scroll? | A scroll was a kind of ancient book, written on papyrus and rolled on both sides |
| Who was a scribe? | A scribe was a person who could read and write |
| Who invented printing? | Gutenberg invented printing |
| When was printing invented? | Gutenberg invented printing in 1450 |
| Who could read books before printing was invented? | Only rich people, kings, princes and people working for the church could read and have books in the past |
| Where can we find the most famous cave paintings? | The most famous cave paintings are in Lascaux, France |
| Why was printing press so important? | Printing press was important because more and more people coud buy and read printed books |
| What was the first printed book? | Bible was the first printed book. |
| Could Sumerians erase what they had written on clay tablets? | Cuneiform could be erased only from a fresh clay tablet, when it was dry, it couldn't be erased |
| Why were wax tablets so useful? | Because Romans could write and erase text easily |
| What writing materials were there? | clay tablets and stylus, papyrus, leaves, wood, wax tablets, scrolls, parchment, paper |
| Why were clay tablets a good material to write on? | Text could be erased from clay tablets when they were moist, but when they were dry, nothing could destroy the text |
| Why was papyrus a good material to write on? | Papyrus was made of a plant called papyrus and this plant grew everywhere so it was cheap |
| Name all writing materials that you know. | Clay tablets and stylus, papyrus, parchment, wax tablets, leaves, wood, paper, rocks |
| What is better: handwriting or printing? | Printing is better than handwriting because we can print more books and faster |
| How does television work? | It sends and receives moving images and sound. It uses wires, radio waves or satellite to do so. |
| What was oratory in Ancient Rome? | Oratory in Ancient Rome was the art of public speaking |
| What can we use paper for? | We can use paper to make newspapers, books, magazines, maps, to write letters, cards, to make tissues, furniture and many more. |
| What is communication? | Communication is exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium |
| How does radio work? | Radio is used to communicate with a lot of people at the same time, but it is only one-way transmission. It sends sounds and is wireless, because the message is sent with radio waves that can travel through walls and air. |
| Who invented television? | Philo Farnswort invented the first television. |
| Who was Philippides? | Philippides was the first marathon runner who ran to save his people in Athens and he delivered the message after running over 200km in 2 days |
| Who was Samuel Morse? | Samuel Morse invented the telegraph and created the Morse code |
| Who was Alexander Bell? | Alexander Bell invented the first telephone |
| What is telegraph and how does it work? | Telegraph uses electricity and wires to transmit electrical pulses (dots and dashes) to send messages using Morse code |
| What is Morse code? | Morse code is a system of dots and dashes used to send messages |
| What is papyrus? | Papyrus is an ancient paper-like material. It was made of a plant called papyrus. Egyptians used it to write. |
| What is parchment? | Parchment is a paper-like material made of animal skin |
| What is telephone and how does it work? | Telephone is a machine used to communicate over long distance. It allows people to have long-distance conversations |
| How is paper made? | Paper is made from trees that are cut into small pieces, mixed with water, mashed and later put on a special frame, pressed and dried. |
| Who invented radio? | Marconi invented the first radio. He used radio waves to send one-way transmission |
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