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- 1. Multiple Choice
What were the first written signs?
Pictures of animals to record them
Nubmbers used to keep record of sheep, land and grain
Letters of the alphabet to make up a word
Wedge shaped symbols
- 2. Multiple Choice
Ideographic symbols were inscribed in ...
Wet clay
Dry clay
Wet clay tablets
Papyrus
- 3. Multiple Choice
The pictures eventually became ...
Sofisticated
Simplified
Round shaped symbols
Simplified into wedge shaped symbols
- 4. Multiple Choice
Today wedge shaped symbols are known as ...
Cuneiform script
Manuscript
Ideoscsipt
Tablet
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who developed picture wiriting using symbols to express whole words ?!
Sumerians
Egyptians
Assyrians
Georgians
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who knew how to write in ancient Egypt?!
Majority of citizens
Only a restricted group of professionals
Only royalty
Only comanders
- 7. Fill in the Blank
Who mastered the art of writing to save knowledge?!
- 8. Fill in the Blank
What is the meaning of " r'i " ?!
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who developed the first widely used "One Sign - One Sound" system of writing?
Phoenicians
Greeks
Egyptians
Sumerians
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did the Greeks create?
The first alphabet
the first alphabet with vowels
the first alphabet with vowels and consonants
the first alphabet with consonants
- 11. Fill in the Blank
Which alphabet became the standard alphabet of Western Europe?
- 12. Fill in the Blank
What did Romans use for quick notes?
- 13. Fill in the Blank
What was the parchment made from?
- 14. Multiple Choice
How did they make books in the Middle Ages?!
They printed them
They photocopied them
They copied all the words out by hand
They copied all the words and illustrations out by hand
- 15. Multiple Choice
What made books so expensive?1
The hard work put into creating them
The beautiful ornaments and illustrations
Expensive materials used in bookmaking
The popularity of the authors
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who invented the first Printing Press?!
Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Gutenberg
- 17. Multiple Choice
When was the first printing press invented?!
In 1445
1445
Fourteen-fourtyfive
One thousand four hundred and forty-five
- 18. Open Ended
Why was the invention of the first printing press so important for the people in Europe?!
- 19. Open Ended
Why is owning many books considered prestigious?!
- 20. Open Ended
What are the advantages of eBooks?!
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