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History - Term 4 Flashcards

1
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What are the 6 oldest forms of communication?

A
  1. Speaking & Listening
  2. Writing
  3. Reading
  4. Symbols
  5. Dance
  6. Songs
  7. Art
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2
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Who where the first people to live in South Africa?

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The San People

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3
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How did the san people communicate?

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By talking to each other

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4
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What is a Shamen?

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A healer

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5
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How was the first printing done?

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On a Typewriter

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How does a type writer work?

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Letters where carved on blocks and placed in fixed lines, ink was painted onto the letters and pressed down hard onto a sheet of paper.

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7
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How did the post office work in the old days?

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Sailors would leave letters under a stone for the ships to collect

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8
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Name 3 modern forms of communication

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  1. The Telephone
  2. The Cellphone
  3. Laptops
  4. Television
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9
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What is it called when long and short electrical bursts were written in dots and dashes?

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Morse Code

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10
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Name 2 things that make television such a good way of communicating

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  1. Can watch something on TV while its happening far away

2. Can hear whats happening

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11
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How does a camera work?

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It has light-sensitive film that then gets developed and made into a picture on special paper

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12
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What does www stand for?

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World Wide Web

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13
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Name 3 types of communication that work with electricity or battery?

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TV - Electricity
Cellphone - Battery
Camera - Battery
Laptop - Battery

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14
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Name 3 things you can do on a cellphone?

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  1. Phone
  2. Text
  3. Send Photos
  4. Play games
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15
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What does the word telephone mean?

A

far-sound

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16
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What does telegraph mean?

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far writer

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17
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Who invented the radio?

A

Guglielmo `Marconi

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18
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When was printing invented?

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1440

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19
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Who invented ‘movable type’ printing

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Johann Guttenberg

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20
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What does the word electronic mean?

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Powered by Electricity

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21
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What does manual mean?

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By Hand

22
Q

What does the work of typewriters today?

A

Computers

23
Q

How where books copied long ago?

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By Hand

24
Q

What happened in 1440 that was very important in the development of communication?

A

Printing was invented

25
Q

It is possible to communicate with someone by speaking if the other person doesn’t __________?

A

Listen

26
Q

One cannot communicate by writing if the other person or people cannot ___________ ?

A

Read

27
Q

What is a symbol?

A

A sign or picture with meaning

28
Q

What can songs communicate?

A

Stories
Information
Feelings

29
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What is art?

A

Communication through pictures

30
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What is the oldest example of Art?

A

San rock art

31
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How does dance communicate?

A

Tells a story or shows feelings

32
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Why did the San use to Dance?

A

It was part of their Religion

33
Q

Where did the San believe the sun came from?

A

Out of the armpit of an old man, then some boys threw him into the sky and he became the sun.

34
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Why did the San make up stories and songs?

A

To explain how the world came to be

35
Q

What kind of communication is rock art?

A

Communication through art and symbols

36
Q

What was a Shamen?

A

People with special powers who communicated with god

37
Q

Name 3 things Shamans and healers do?

A
  1. Draw illness and worries out of people
  2. Become Animals
  3. Spirits left bodies
  4. Communicate with San God
38
Q

Explain what ‘trance’ is?

A

Trance is a state when someone is almost in a dream but they are still awake

39
Q

What Happened to Shamans and healers in trance?

A

They sweated, leaned forward and bled from the nose

40
Q

Explain how the things that happened in trance where shown in rock art

A

Figures & Lines where drawn

41
Q

How does morse code work?

A

Electrical pulses were sent along a wire in short and long bursts. The bursts where recorded as dots or dashes that stood for certain letters

42
Q

What signal does a telephone transmit?

A

Electrical Signals

43
Q

How do cameras work?

A

They record information and it can be seen for many years after they have been taken

44
Q

How is the sound on a TV captured?

A

With a Microphone

45
Q

What form of communication are computers and the internet?

A

Long Distance

46
Q

What is information stored on a computer called?

A

Data

47
Q

What does a computer do with data?

A

Changes it to text, numbers, images and sounds

48
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What do you need to use a computer to communicate with other people who have computers?

A

The Internet

49
Q

What is the internet?

A

A network of computer users and sites that have information

50
Q

What is the world wide web?

A

All computers, services and websites together

Daniel History Grade 4 (2 decks)

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