Communication Flashcards
When did the first postal coach leave Cape Town.
1843
Before the mail coach how did letters get sent inland?
Delivered by runners and farmers
What was the first type writer called?
A writing piano
Who invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was Elisha Gray?
He also invented the telephone but arrived to register his invention a few hours after Alexander Graham Bell
What is the post stone?
A stone on Robben Island where sailors left letters to be collected by a passing ship and delivered to their families in Europe
What does the term PC stand for?
Personal computer
Who first designed a computer small enough for everyone to use
Bill Gates
Who invented the World Wide Web
Bill Joy
Who made the first cell phone call?
Martin Cooper in 3 April 1973
When did television come to South Africa?
1976
When did the first television stations start?
1930’s
What are the oldest forms of communication
Language, symbols, songs, art and dance
Define language
A set of signs used to communicate
True or False: there are ways besides speaking to use language to communicate
True. People also use body signs called body language to communicate
When did the San people use hand signals
When they were hunting
True or false: early humans spoke as we do today
False. They probably made sounds to pass on simple messages.
True or false: language is always changing
True
What is the most common form of communication
Speaking words
True or false: stories are an important form of communication
True
Give an example of an indigenous South African people who communicated through drawings and paintings
The San people
What are engravings
Pictures scratched onto a surface such as a rock
What sort of things did the San paint or draw
Animals, people hunting or gathering food, dancers
What do historians think many of the San paintings were about
The San religion
How have African people traditionally communicated their history and taught their children important lessons
Through songs
What was communicated through traditional African songs
Their history, important lessons for children, things happening in the local area at the time and how they felt about their lives
True or false: traditionally older and younger Xhosa woman used different instruments to accompany their songs
True. The uhadi was played by older women and the umrhube by younger women
Why do the Shona people use instruments in the bira ceremony
To communicate with their ancestors. They use the mbira. In this ceremony the ancestors talk back to the people through dancers and singers
List some different ways of communicating
Letters, email, Internet, speaking, cell phone, text messages
Why do people not post letters so often anymore
There are faster ways to communicate these days like email or phone. Letters take a long time to travel from one place to another
What was the mail coach and who started it
The Dutch and British settlers in the Cape started the mail coach. It was a coach that carried letters/messages and parcels In a large box at the front of the coach to people inland. It also carried passengers.
Why was the first typewriter called a writing piano
It looked like a piano with black and white keys
True or false: the typewriter helped speed up communication
True
What is a QWERTY keyboard
A keyboard with the letters that are commonly used together split up. The first five letters of the top row from left to right are Q, W, E, R, T and Y
Why was the qwerty keyboard necessary
Because otherwise the keys on the typewriter keyboard kept getting jammed when typing
What is a telegraph
A machine that allows messages to be sent in Morse code along an electrical wire
What is Morse code
A language that uses short and long signals. Short signals are called dots and long signals are called dashes
What do dots and dashes in Morse code stand for
Letters of the alphabet
When was The telegraph machine invented
In the early 1800’s
Why is the telephone an important invention
Communicate instantly across big distances, get messages to people quickly etc
How are modern telephones different to the first telephone
They are smaller, you can dial the person you want to speak to directly
