History Term 4

Question 1

What does it mean to communicate

Answer 1

To send a message

Question 2

What is language

Answer 2

The way we speak. People use language to say things to each other

Question 3

How many languages are there in the world

Answer 3

7000

Question 4

What are symbols

Answer 4

Symbols are pictures, shapes or letters that communicate a message

Question 5

What do some people do to communicate

Answer 5

The draw pictures or paint paintings

Question 6

What is the oldest kind of communication we can see

Answer 6

Art

Question 7

What is a very old form of communication

Answer 7

Singing

Question 8

When do people sing songs

Answer 8

When they are happy, sad or excited

Question 9

What can communicate a message with songs

Answer 9

the words and the tune

Question 10

What other way is there to communicate your feelings

Answer 10

By dancing

Question 11

Why do people dance

Answer 11

Some people dance as part of their religion and others dance when they want to communicate without words

Question 12

What are ancestors

Answer 12

Relatives from long ago

Question 13

Who were the first people to live in South africa

Answer 13

The San people

Question 14

How did the San hunter-gatherers live by

Answer 14

The lived by hunting wild animals and by collecting wild fruits and vegetables

Question 15

What does the San languages contain

Answer 15

They contain many click sounds

Question 16

What do we use to show click sounds in the San languages

Answer 16

We use symbols

Question 17

How can we learn about the san people

Answer 17

We can study their art.

Question 18

What did San artist do

Answer 18

They painted pictures on the rock shelters where they lived

Question 19

What is dancing a part of for san people

Answer 19

It is part of their life and their religion.

Question 20

What did some people think about san dancing

Answer 20

They believed the san danced to connect with the spirits of their ancestors

Question 21

What ways did the san use to communicate

Answer 21

The used language, picture and dancing

Question 22

How do we send letters today

Answer 22

By airmail (Letter go on a plane)

Question 23

What does the postal system do

Answer 23

They send messages and letters.

Question 24

How did people deliver messages at first

Answer 24

They walked or ran to deliver messages

Question 25

What did people use to deliver messages faster

Answer 25

They used animals

Question 26

What was the pony express

Answer 26

It was riders on horses that carried letters across america

Question 27

What was the first air mail

Answer 27

It was a message tied to a pigeon's foot

Question 28

What did people have to do before they could send a letter

Answer 28

They had to buy postage stamps and stick them on a letter

Question 29

What did the post office use the money for that they got to sell stamps

Answer 29

They used it to send the letters.

Question 30

What are earphones

Answer 30

It is little speakers that cover people's ears so they can hear messages

Question 31

What is entertainment

Answer 31

Things people do for fun and relaxation

Question 32

What does transmit mean

Answer 32

to send a message using a machine

Question 33

Why did people listen to the radio

Answer 33

It was a form of communication

Question 34

What could the first radio do

Answer 34

Only transmit radio signals and not sound

Question 35

What is a wireless telegraph

Answer 35

It is when a message is communicated without wires

Question 36

What was the first use of radio signals

Answer 36

It was to communicate with ships.

Question 37

What do we use the radio for

Answer 37

``` Entertainment Music Stories News Education ```

Question 38

What is a typewriter

Answer 38

It is a small machine that people use to write printed words on a piece of paper

Question 39

What was the first type writer used for

Answer 39

To help blind people write letter

Question 40

What could typewrites do

Answer 40

It could make more than 1 copy

Question 41

What could some early typewriters only do

Answer 41

They could only type in capital letters

Question 42

What happened when you typed the wrong letters

Answer 42

You had to cross it out or erase the letter on the paper and type again,

Question 43

What is a telegraph

Answer 43

It was a way of sending a message along a wire. It sent electric signals instead of words

Question 44

Who invented Morse code

Answer 44

Samuel Morse

Question 45

What is Morse code

Answer 45

It's an electrical signal that represented letters

Question 46

What did the telephone allow us to do

Answer 46

It allowed us to send voice messages along wires

Question 47

What are public phones

Answer 47

People use to pay to use phones in public places.

Question 48

How did the telephone change our lives

Answer 48

It made communication easier and quicker People could phone emergency numbers Telephones helped business people

Question 49

How big was the first camera

Answer 49

As big as a room

Question 50

How long were photos black and white

Answer 50

For 50 years

Question 51

What changes did the camera make

Answer 51

Newspapers could show photos of things that happened People saw photos of important people Advertisements used photos instead of paintings People saw photos of different parts of the world People took photos of themselves and their families

Question 52

What is a satellite

Answer 52

It is objects that people put into space to pass on communication signals

Question 53

How does the television communicate

Answer 53

It communicates through pictures and sound

Question 54

When did television start in South africa

Answer 54

It started in 1976 and pictures were black and white

Question 55

What do people pay money for for TV's

Answer 55

They pay money to receive many TV stations around the world

Question 56

What can the personal computer do

Answer 56

``` It can type letters It can store information It can connect to the internet It can send email messages It can play games and music ```

Question 57

What is the internet

Answer 57

It is a way of connecting lots of information all over the world

Question 58

What does the internet use

Answer 58

It uses landlines, satellites and cellphones to connect to computers

Question 59

What is email

Answer 59

It is a way of sending messages over the internet

Question 60

How long does it take to send emails from 1 computer to another

Answer 60

Less than a second

Question 61

What can modern cellphones do

Answer 61

``` They can make calls they can send text messages (SMS) They can take photos They can connect to the internet They can play music ```