History - Term 4 Flashcards
What are the 6 oldest forms of communication?
- Speaking & Listening
- Writing
- Reading
- Symbols
- Dance
- Songs
- Art
Who where the first people to live in South Africa?
The San People
How did the san people communicate?
By talking to each other
What is a Shamen?
A healer
How was the first printing done?
On a Typewriter
How does a type writer work?
Letters where carved on blocks and placed in fixed lines, ink was painted onto the letters and pressed down hard onto a sheet of paper.
How did the post office work in the old days?
Sailors would leave letters under a stone for the ships to collect
Name 3 modern forms of communication
- The Telephone
- The Cellphone
- Laptops
- Television
What is it called when long and short electrical bursts were written in dots and dashes?
Morse Code
Name 2 things that make television such a good way of communicating
- Can watch something on TV while its happening far away
2. Can hear whats happening
How does a camera work?
It has light-sensitive film that then gets developed and made into a picture on special paper
What does www stand for?
World Wide Web
Name 3 types of communication that work with electricity or battery?
TV - Electricity
Cellphone - Battery
Camera - Battery
Laptop - Battery
Name 3 things you can do on a cellphone?
- Phone
- Text
- Send Photos
- Play games
What does the word telephone mean?
far-sound
What does telegraph mean?
far writer
Who invented the radio?
Guglielmo `Marconi
When was printing invented?
1440
Who invented ‘movable type’ printing
Johann Guttenberg
What does the word electronic mean?
Powered by Electricity
What does manual mean?
By Hand
What does the work of typewriters today?
Computers
How where books copied long ago?
By Hand
What happened in 1440 that was very important in the development of communication?
Printing was invented
It is possible to communicate with someone by speaking if the other person doesn’t __________?
Listen
One cannot communicate by writing if the other person or people cannot ___________ ?
Read
What is a symbol?
A sign or picture with meaning
What can songs communicate?
Stories
Information
Feelings
What is art?
Communication through pictures
What is the oldest example of Art?
San rock art
How does dance communicate?
Tells a story or shows feelings
Why did the San use to Dance?
It was part of their Religion
Where did the San believe the sun came from?
Out of the armpit of an old man, then some boys threw him into the sky and he became the sun.
Why did the San make up stories and songs?
To explain how the world came to be
What kind of communication is rock art?
Communication through art and symbols
What was a Shamen?
People with special powers who communicated with god
Name 3 things Shamans and healers do?
- Draw illness and worries out of people
- Become Animals
- Spirits left bodies
- Communicate with San God
Explain what ‘trance’ is?
Trance is a state when someone is almost in a dream but they are still awake
What Happened to Shamans and healers in trance?
They sweated, leaned forward and bled from the nose
Explain how the things that happened in trance where shown in rock art
Figures & Lines where drawn
How does morse code work?
Electrical pulses were sent along a wire in short and long bursts. The bursts where recorded as dots or dashes that stood for certain letters
What signal does a telephone transmit?
Electrical Signals
How do cameras work?
They record information and it can be seen for many years after they have been taken
How is the sound on a TV captured?
With a Microphone
What form of communication are computers and the internet?
Long Distance
What is information stored on a computer called?
Data
What does a computer do with data?
Changes it to text, numbers, images and sounds
What do you need to use a computer to communicate with other people who have computers?
The Internet
What is the internet?
A network of computer users and sites that have information
What is the world wide web?
All computers, services and websites together
