USH CR 2.1 Communication Innovations Assessment

During which period were human messengers on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China?

• 1400 BC

• 776 BC

• 200-100 BC

In 1450 AD, what significant communication medium appeared in Europe?

• Newspapers

• Radio

• Television

• Internet

The Kinematoscope, a machine that flashed a series of photographs onto a screen, was developed in ____.

• 1843

• 1861

• 1867

• 1870

Who invented the mimeograph, a type of office copy machine, in 1876?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Melvyl Dewey

The Dewey Decimal System was ___________.

• used to organize library books

• used to order Taco Bell

• used to communicate across the ocean

• used to access the internet

Fill in the blank: The first radio signal was transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean in ____.

• 1877

• 1902

• 1910

• 1914

Which of the following events occurred in 1914?

• Edison invents phonograph

• First radio signal transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean

• Edison invents first talking motion picture

• First cross continental telephone call made

Which invention did Edison create in 1877?

• Talking motion picture

• Phonograph

• Radio signal

• Cross continental telephone call

Fill in the blank: The first talking motion picture was invented by Edison in ____.

• 1877

• 1902

• 1910

• 1914

Which company started 2 radio networks in 1927?

• A) ABC

• B) NBC

• C) CBS

• D) BBC