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Where was the "Talking Drum" used?
Western Africa
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What instrument was used to communicate from village to village in parts of Africa?
the Talking Drum
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What is a telegraph?

A machine that sends messages through wire using dots and dashes

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What invention became popular in the 1940s that let people hear AND see the news?
television
100
What is the news?
a report of things that have happened
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What continent did the Incas live on?
South America
200
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent in 1440?
The Printing Press
200

WHAT LANGUAGE DOES THE TELEGRAPH USE?

MORSE CODE

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What does 'www' stand for in internet websites?
The World Wide Web
200
Spreading news from one person to another is called....
dissemination
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Where was the telephone invented?
Canada
300
The Incas used a "quipus" to pass news. What is a quipus made of?
Knotted string
300
Who invented the telephone in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
300
What did people watch in movie theaters BEFORE TV to get the news?
Newsreels
300
What does MTV stand for?
Music television
400
What country was Johannes Gutenberg from?
Germany
400
What invention increased the speed of transportation before the 18th century?
the steam engine
400
By 1880, how many telephones were in the United States?
30 000
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What did Lee De Forest invent in 1906?
the vacuum tube
400
Spell the word that means 'the collecting and presenting of news" hint: starts with a "j"
J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M
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What continent was the Printing Press invented on?
Europe
500
What is a scribe?
Someone who copied books by hand
500
Telegraph cables were put under what ocean in the mid 19th century?
The Atlantic Ocean
500

What year did Timothy Berners-Lee's invention become available for people to use?

WHO IS HE AND WHAT DID HE INVENT?

1993

THE WORLD WIDE WEB.  HE IS AN ENGLISH COMPUTER SCIENTIST

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What does 'mass media' mean?
spreading news to A LOT of people