Communication - Grade 4 Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Ways of communicating

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Language: speaking writing singing
Dancing drawing
Clothes we wear
Body language

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Who were the first people to live in South Africa

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The San

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Points on San

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Lived in small groups
Moved in search for food and water
San men hunted for wild animals
San women gathered plant food

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4
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What were the San also called

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Hunter- gathers

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How did the San communicate

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Language
Symbols
Songs
Art 
dance
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What was the meaning of wearing shells necklaces

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The style of necklace showed which family you belonged to. They became a symbol of who you belonged to

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Kaggen

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San believed a spirit, creator of all things

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Postal system

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A way to send mail from one place to another

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Mail

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Letters and packages sent by post

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10
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Wireless

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Without wires

Eg. Radios

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What did people use long ago to send letter?

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People placed letters under postal stones

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12
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Who is the man on our stamp

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Nelson Mandela

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The stamp was made in 1994. What was the special occasion that the stamp was made for.

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He became the first black president of SA

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14
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Who invented the radio

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Mr Macaroni

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15
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What does communication mean?

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ShAring information

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16
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Who could communicate with the Kaggan to make rain fall?

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The shaman

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17
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What did a big animal painted on a rock mean

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It was communicating a rain making dance

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18
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What types of communication do we use today

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Writing
Modern technology 
Language 
Dance
Songs and art
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19
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What is the South African motto

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People who are different join together from the San language

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How do people sen mail today?

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You pay before for a stamp. Stick it onto letter and sent through post office

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Why is a radio called wireless

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It sends radio signals called radio waves without using wires

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What special prize did Mr Macaroni win

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The noble prize for physics

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What is the advantage of having radio

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Light enough for people to carry

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Keyboard

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A set of keys on a type writer

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Jam
To get stuck
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Key
A labelled button with a alphabet or number used to write a letter with a type writer
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Why is the keyboard not I'm alphabetical order
The metal letters would jam if typing to quickly
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To sort the problem they were set in what format
QWERTY | It's still used today on computers
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Code
Set of symbols used to communicate
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Sender
Person sending the message
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Receiver
Person getting the message
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Translate
Change words from one language to another
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Outdated
Old and no longer used
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Who invented the telegraph
Samuel mors
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What is a telegraph
It sent out a message in a signal in a special code language
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What did the code language use
Dot and dashes that stood for an alphabet
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The code was called
Morse code
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Who had to know the code
The sender and the receiver
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How did the telegraph work
The sender tapped in the dots and dashes. The signal was sent to the receiver who got a pay copy with the code. He had to translate it.
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Who invented the first telephone people could use
Alexander graham bell
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How does a phone work
Athens voice makes the string vibrate amusing the sound wave to travel through electrical wires
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Tripod
3 legs that hold up a old heavy camera
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Pronounce
To say a word correctly
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Digital
Using computer technology
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What is photos used for
To record history and our live