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Know Your History History Camp Communication and Transporta

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The whole journey of communication started with the

a)

Cave Man

b)

Iron Age man

c)

Tree Man

d)

Water man

2.

In the early years of Man, people gathered around ............. to discuss

a)

Fire

b)

Water

c)

Tree

d)

Mountain

3.

Gathering of people to discuss in those days is similar to today's technology of .......

a)

Facebook

b)

Video

c)

Cinema

d)

Telegram

4.

When the Caveman decided to write, he began by

a)

Sending information by air

b)

Writing on Caves

c)

Sending letters by Post

d)

Sending Telegram

5.

What do you liken the inscriptions on the caves to in modern day communication?

a)

Blogging

b)

Radio

c)

Telephone

d)

Telex

6.

The major problem of inscription on rocks and caves was that....

a)

It was localised

b)

It was internationalised

c)

It was regionalised

d)

It was nationalised

7.

Which of the following was the first long distance form of communication?

a)

Smoke Signal

b)

Water Signal

c)

Drum Signal

d)

Town crier

8.

Fire or smoke signal on top of the hill signified

a)

Danger

b)

Good hunting expedition

c)

Peace

d)

Famine

9.

Smoke signal can be used to send signals of danger for about

a)

750 kilometers

b)

750 meters

c)

7 miles

d)

7 kilometers

10.

Tribes of .......... and .......... used smoke signals greatly in their history

a)

North America and Ancient China

b)

Indians and South Americans

c)

Vietnam and Peru

d)

Africa and Europe

11.

Which animals were used for communicating in those days

a)

Pigeons and quails

b)

Donkeys and horses

c)

Monkeys and donkeys

d)

Horses and cats

12.

Which Pigeon was awarded medal by the French for her exceptional services during World War 1

a)

Cher Ami

b)

Pigeon

c)

Piglet

d)

White snow

13.

Which was regarded as the world’s first currier service

a)

Pony Express

b)

American Express

c)

British Express

d)

Japanese Express

14.

........................ is a system of using visual graphic signals, hand held flags to communicate

a)

Semaphore flag

b)

Button

c)

Paper

d)

Cloth

15.

Which is regarded as the greatest breakthrough in the sphere of communication

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Television

d)

Telex

16.

When did USA end Telegraph?

a)

2006

b)

1960

c)

2016

d)

1986

17.

When did India end the use of Telegraph

a)

2013

b)

2014

c)

2015

d)

2016

18.

What is the world's last existing true electronic commercial telegraphic system

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Telex

d)

Television

19.

Which event in the world accelerated the use of Radio for effective communication

a)

World War 1

b)

Industrial revolution

c)

Colonialism

d)

Imperialism

20.

When did commercial radio service begin

a)

1920

b)

1930

c)

1940

d)

1950

21.

Which wars accelerated the development of radio for military, aircraft and land communication

a)

World War 1 and 2

b)

American civil war

c)

Nigerian civil war

d)

Gulf War

22.

Who invented the the telephone

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Abraham Maslow

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Abraham Banbury

23.

What year was the telephone invented

a)

1876

b)

1886

c)

1896

d)

1906

24.

In the 19th century, which of the following was the fastest one-to-one communication used by common people?

a)

Telegram

b)

Radio

c)

Television

d)

Telex

25.

In the 18th century Africa, which of the following was a means of communication

a)

Drum

b)

Telephone

c)

Telegram

d)

Radio

26.

Which part of the world was the services of a town crier more pronounced even up to 1990s

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

America

d)

Asia

27.

In the 14th century South Africa, which of the following was the earliest forms of communication?

a)

Drawing on rocks

b)

Telephone

c)

Television

d)

Telex

28.

Telegraph lines were introduced to Africa to help

a)

Africans develop

b)

Aid colonial masters business

c)

African education

d)

Missionary activities

29.

Telegraph lines were made along

a)

Railway tracks

b)

Feeder roads

c)

Palaces of chiefs

d)

Warfs

30.

What was the sophisticated form of telegram?

a)

Telex

b)

Telephone

c)

Television

d)

Radio

31.

Fax could take both

a)

Text and graphics

b)

Numbers and words

c)

Text and numbers

d)

Pictures and videos

32.

Africans communicated with other countries in the 19th centuries by writing letters which was carried by

a)

Ships

b)

Trains

c)

Aeroplanes

d)

Vehicles

33.

What particular discovery drastically changed communication system in the world?

a)

Electricity

b)

Water transport

c)

Air transport

d)

Road transport

34.

Who are known as the pioneers of aviation

a)

The Wright Brothers

b)

The Lander Brothers

c)

The Lever Brothers

d)

The Cussing Brothers

35.

Which world event helped in the fast development of the Aviation industry

a)

World War One and World War Two

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Market Economy

d)

Colonial Economy

36.

What of the following can you say led to the death of Nigeria Airways

a)

Mismanagement and corruption

b)

Lack of communication equipment

c)

Lack of manpower

d)

Lack of technical support

37.

Where did the first aircraft land in Nigeria?

a)

Maiduguri and Kano

b)

Enugu and Calabar

c)

Ikeja and Ibadan

d)

Jos and Abuja

38.

Where did the first aircraft land in Nigeria

a)

November 1, 1925.

b)

December 1, 1925

c)

October 1, 1925

d)

September 1, 1925

39.

When did the 1st transatlantic phone call become a reality?

a)

March 1926

b)

April 1926

c)

May 1926

d)

June 1926

40.

Where was the first transatlantic phone call made from, and to where?

a)

London to New York

b)

Cairo to Lagos

c)

Paris to Istanbul

d)

Cape Town to Zurich

41.

What year was the first mobile (cellular) phone introduced?

a)

1973

b)

1983

c)

1993

d)

2003

42.

............................. was recognized as “father of mobile phone” and he was the first individual who made a handheld mobile phone call in public.

a)

Martin Cooper

b)

Graham Bells

c)

Wright

d)

Lawrence Cooper

43.

Which company was the "father of cell phone" working with?

a)

Motorola

b)

Nokia

c)

Samsung

d)

Sagem

44.

2G technology (second-generation wireless telephone technology) was introduced for the very first time in

a)

Finland

b)

Germany

c)

Britain

d)

USA

45.

Which year was the world's first 2G first introduced?

a)

1991

b)

1992

c)

1993

d)

1994

46.

In which year was the first SMS message was sent from pc to mobile device through Vodafone’s GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) in England?

a)

1992

b)

1991

c)

1993

d)

1994

47.

The first person to fly as a passenger was

a)

Leone Delagrange

b)

British Prime minister

c)

American president

d)

German Chancellor

48.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation traces its history to the year ..............................., when the first railroad in Nigeria was constructed by the British colonial government.

a)

1898

b)

1899

c)

1900

d)

1901

49.

When were the Lagos Government Railway and the Baro-Kano Railway amalgamated, starting nationwide rail service under the name Government Department of Railways

a)

October 3, 1912

b)

October 3, 1913

c)

October 3, 1914

d)

October 3, 1915

50.

What was the main reason for the construction of Railway in Nigeria by the colonialists

a)

To bring cash crops and raw materials from the hinterland to the seaports in the south for onward transmission to Europe

b)

To bring modernisation to Nigeria

c)

To create alternative means of Transportation to Nigerians.

d)

To create a means of making huge profit to the Nigerian government