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Test Milestones in the History of Human Communication
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1st QUESTION: According to the text, what was the first major evolutionary leap after nonverbal communication?
The invention of the printing press
The development of articulated spoken language
The Creation of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
The birth of journalism
2nd QUESTION: What was the main function of the invention of writing around the year 3,500 B.C.?
Create a new art form
Allow mass communication
Record and preserve information beyond the limits of human memory
Eliminate social class differences
3rd QUESTION: Who invented the movable-type printing press in the 15th century?
The Sumerians and the Egyptians
The monks who copied books by hand
The first journalists
Gutenberg
4th QUESTION: What is considered the first mass medium in history, according to the text?
The newspaper
The book copied by hand
Oral tradition
The Egyptian hieroglyphs
5th QUESTION: What was a profound social impact of the emergence of writing?
It made everyone equal
Access to reading and writing was limited to an elite
It eliminated the need for oral tradition
It was immediately accessible to the entire population
6th QUESTION: What did Gutenberg's printing press revolutionize?
The way people spoke
The creation of nonverbal cues
The dissemination of knowledge by enabling the mass production of books
The speed of human memory
7th QUESTION: Before writing, what was the only method for transmitting knowledge from one generation to the next?
Facial expressions and gestures
The drawing on the cave walls
The printing press
The oral tradition
8th QUESTION: What broke the ability to reproduce identical texts in large quantities?
The monopoly that the Church and the elites had over information
The record for the fastest production of books
The tradition of oral storytelling
The difference between social classes
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