Y7 - 4 - Data Representation - Lesson 2: Light and Drums

Why was writing invented?

• To communicate with nature and the animals

• As a different way of verbally talking to each other

• A way to representing information and communicating over time and distance

What information did the Phaistos Disks represent?

• A call to battle

• It is still undeciphered

• An adventure story

True or False: Writing is a way to communicate with each other across time and distance, carrying it with them as they traded, migrated and conquered.

• True

• False

Chose 3 examples of the first uses of writing

• Counting

• Communicating from the past

• Writing recipes

• Naming things

What is the name of this visual communication method?

• Semaphore

• Braille

• Morse Code

What is the name of this visual communication method?

• Braille

• Sign Language

• Morse Code

What type of writing system is Braille?

• Visual

• Verbal

• Tactile

Hieroglyphs, a pictorial writing system was used by which ancient civilisation?

• Greek

• Roman

• Egyptian

True or False:

Semaphore is a communication method that can be used in the dark?

• True

• False