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Development of Letters

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the first movable type printing press?

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Leonardo Da vinci

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Nikola Tesla

2.

It involved tiny pictures or glyphs which were used to represent words.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

boustrophedon writing.

c)

Hieroglyps

d)

Latin Alphabet

3.

What do you call the Phoenician form of writing?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

boustrophedon writing.

c)

Petroglyphs

d)

Hieratic Writing

4.

from whom did we derived the term "alphabet"?

a)

Greeks

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Romans

d)

Egyptians

5.

How many letters did the original Phoenician alphabet consisted?

a)

26

b)

25

c)

23

d)

22

6.

What civilization was known as the developers of the first true alphabet ?

a)

Sumerians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Greeks

d)

Phoenicians

7.

The system of writing consisted of wedge shaped marks made with the edge of a stylus pressed into clay.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphs

c)

Phonetics

d)

Pertoglyphs

8.

What cavillation developed the cuneiform?

a)

Egyptians

b)

Greeks

c)

Romans

d)

Sumerians

9.

The term "aleph" actually means_______.

a)

The ox

b)

The tail

c)

The bird

d)

A human

10.

Our present English alphabet was taken from______?

a)

Egyptians

b)

Greeks

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Romans