Pre-industrial age (Before 1700s)

Question 1

People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.

Answer 1

Pre-industrial Age (Before 1700s)

Question 2

In prehistoric art, the term “____________” encompasses any parietal art which involves the application of colour pigments on the walls, floors or ceilings of ancient rock shelters. A monochrome cave paintings is a picture made with only one colour (usually black)-see, for instance, the monochrome images at Chauvet

Answer 2

Cave Paintings (35,000 BC)

Question 3

First _____ was only used in Egypt, but by about 1000 BC people all over West Asia began buying it from Egypt and using it, since it was much more convenient than clay tablets(less breakable, and not as heavy!). People made it in small sheets and then glued the sheets together to make big pieces.

Answer 3

Papyrus In Egypt (2500BC)

Question 4

Is one of the most famous prehistoric rock art sites in the world. Located in the Ardeche region of southern France, along the bank of the river Ardeche near the Pont-d’Arc. Cave is one of the most famous prehistoric rock art sites in the world.

Answer 4

The Chauvet Cave

Question 5

In the Ancient Near East, _____ (Akkadian tuppu) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed (reed pen).

Answer 5

Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)

Question 6

(Latin: Daily Acts sometimes translated as Daily Public Records) were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette. They were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome. They were also called simply Acta History. The first form of Acta appeared around 131 BC during the Roman Republic.

Answer 6

Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)

Question 7

The Chinese “____” is the earliest and oldest newspaper in the world.

Answer 7

Dibao In China (2nd Century)

Question 8

Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books written by the pre- Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark cloth. The Maya developed their huun-paper around the 5th century, which is roughly the same time that the codex became predominant over the scroll in the Roman world.

Answer 8

Codex in the Mayan Region (5th Century)