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Digital Media Unit 1 Lesson 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the very first way humans communicated ideas?

a)

Printing press

b)

Oral tradition

c)

Radio

d)

Movies

2.

Which invention revolutionized the spread of information in the 15th century?

a)

Movable type

b)

Printing press

c)

Radio

d)

Telegraph

3.

What type of media combines sound and images together?

a)

Print media

b)

Oral tradition

c)

Multimedia

d)

Digital media

4.

What prediction did Gordon Moore make in 1970 that proved true?

a)

People would all have computers in their pockets

b)

Computer processing power would double every two years while costs dropped

c)

The internet would replace television

d)

Cell phones would be used for texting

5.

Which was the first web browser available to the public?

a)

Netscape

b)

Google Chrome

c)

Mosaic

d)

Internet Explorer

6.

Why was the printing press such an important invention for society?

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7.

Name one similarity between television in the 1950s and social media today.

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8.

What was frustrating about using dial-up internet in the 1990s?

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9.

What are two examples of early personal computers from the 1970s?

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10.

Which do you think was the biggest turning point in media history and why?

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