Chapter 4 - Communication

The earliest known writing is about

• 520 years old

• 5200 years olds

• 52000 years old

The Ancient Egyptians made an early form of paper from

• sheep skin

• fibres from the papyrus plant

• wood pulp

Moveable type is a kind of printing that uses characters on

• a carved wooden block

• soft rubber stamps

• separate blocks that can be moved and rearranged

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in about

• 1340

• 1440

• 1540

Paper was invented in

• Taiwan

• Germany

• China

The world's first postage stamp was called

• the Penny Black

• the Penny Blue

• the Penny Royal

Morse code is made up of

• Dots and lines

• Dots and dashes

• Dashes and lines

The person who invented the telephone was called

• John Logie Baird

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Graham Bell

What was the first example of early writing called?

• Cuneiform

• Stylus

• Papyrus

Cai Lun invented paper in 105 CE

• True

• False