Communication Flashcards
Who were the first people in South Africa? How did they communicate while hunting?
San-gatherers. Used hand signals.
What is the most common form of communication?
Speaking words
Have humans always been able to speak?
No, initially made sounds.
What is one of the most important ways of communication through spoken language?
Stories
How did the San people (earliest people in SA) use written communication?
Painted pictures on walls of caves and they also scratched pictures on rocks in the open. These pictures are called engravings.
What were most of the San pictures about?
The religion of the San people. An important part of their religion included dance.
How did people in Africa teach children their history?
Through songs.
What is uhadi and when was it played?
A musical instrument and it was used to accompany story songs.
What is a umrhube?
(Looks like a bow) It is a musical instrument. Young women played it. To tell how they felt about life around them.
Who used the mbira?
The Shona people.
What did they do with the mbira?
They used it to communicate with their ancestors.
List five different ways people can communicate:
WhatsApp, pictures, phoning, posting letters, radio, written words/ signs, email, talking, singing, facial expressions.
Tell me about the post stone:
European sailors, in Cape Town, would want to send letters back to families in Europe. They would leave their letters under a special rock on Robben Island. A passing ship would collect them and take the letters.
Tell me about the mail coach.
- Farmers and runners took letters inland.
2.in 1843 the first mail coach left Cape Town. It went as far as Swellendam. Only way to get a message inland.
What was the first typewriter called?
Writing piano
How did the first writing piano look?
It looked just like a piano. It had black and white keys.
How did the typewriter work
The stamp went onto the ink and then onto the paper when someone pushed a key.
Why was the QWERTY keyboard invented?
Keys kept jamming. So the letters that were commonly used were split up.
When was the Telegraph invented?
Early 1800s
Why was the Telegraph invented?
It allowed people to send messages along electric wires.
How were the messages sent?
Morse Code
What is Morse code?
This is the language that uses long and short signals called dashes.
How do you write HELP in Morse code?
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Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
