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2024 Remapping the Present

Authored by Benita Chen

History

6th Grade

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2024 Remapping the Present
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When was a telegraph invented?

1837
1900
1799
1687

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who invented the telegraph?

Sir William Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Weatstone
Charles Babbage
Thomas Newcomen and Adam Watt
Sir John Harington

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does a telegraph work?

Sending information by making and breaking an electrical connection
Carrying sound waves to a thing metal inside and converted into electrical energy which is converted back to sound waves
two devices connected via cables, radio waves and wires; all data sent is translated into pulses of ligt or electricity, interpreted by the receiving device
sending information or things by placing them in a mailbox and later got sorted before being sent

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did an ancient map originate from?

Greece
Egypt
Mexico
China

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who created the earliest map ever known?

Anaximander
Ptolemy
Mercator
Pythagoras

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The practice of drawing maps is called ...

cartography
typography
geoglogy
orology

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one is NOT what helps maps becoming more accurate in the 20th Century?

X-ray
aerial photography
salellite imagery
remote sensing

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