Birth of Writing
The location of some of the earliest examples of written communication.
What is Altamira, Spain or cave paintings throughout the world?
Probably Mesopotamia or Egypt developed the earliest form of picture writing standing for words.
Where did writing logographs begin?
Originally created a new symbol for each word resulting in over 5,000 symbols until the use of determinatives.
What is ancient Chinese?
Traders selling their goods may have accidentally done something else.
How did Semitic languages travel throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe?
Ancient Egyptians who were rushed and did not form hieroglyphs neatly.
Who invented consonants?
Bison, boar, deer, and horses were often depicted alongside. . .
What are anthropomorphic figures or figures representing humans?
Approximately 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia or Egypt.
When did logographs begin?
Images that stood for various syllables.
What is Mayan glyphs or syllabaries?
The "paper" used in ancient Egypt.
What is papyrus?
Ancient Greeks in an attempt to civilize the written language.
Who invented vowels?
Dirt, charcoal, or pigment mixed with spit or animal fat and spat upon the surface.
How were cave paintings made?
Using one picture for each word.
What is encoding language or logographs?
Used an amate codex.
Who were the ancient Mayans?
Symbols used for ancient Egyptian writing.
What are hieroglyphs?
Your favorite part of this week.
Accept any answer that pertains to the study of language.
Approximately 17,000 years ago.
About how long ago did cave painting begin?
Another name for logographs.
What is rebus writing?
Used calligraphy and paint to write their characters.
Who were ancient Chinese scribes?
Your favorite part of the class so far.
Accept any answer that relates to the history of written language.
The part of modern language refined by ancient Egyptians.
What are consonants?
Pictures that stand for things.
What are pictographs or proto-writing?
Another name for sound writing.
What is phonetic writing?
The modern use of determinatives can be compared to. . .
What are punctuation marks or parts of speech?
A trader moving from country to country.
How did the alphabet spread from Egypt throughout the ancient world?
Codes, ciphers, and keys.
What spies may use to hide messages? See you next week.