History review

Choose the answer.

The earliest known writing is about :

• 520 years old

• 5200 years old

• 52000 years old

The ancient Egyptians made an early form of paper from:

• sheep skin

• fibres from the papyrus plan

• 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

Sending Morse code signals down a wire is called:

• telephony

• telegraphy

• television

The person who invented the telephone was called:

• John Logie Baird

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Graham Bell

Decide if the statements are true or false.

Telephone was invented 200 years ago.

• True

• False

The first public demonstration of television was in 1925

• True

• False