What was the name of the world's first postage stamp?
Penny Black
C. Give one special feature of the printing press.
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Bi Sheng invented the _____________________.
Movable type.
What are examples of telecommunication?
Telegraph, telephone and mobile phone.
2. What is one great effect/impact of the invention of the printing press.
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Who introduced the world’s first postage stamp?
Rowland Hill
The tip of a pen is called a ___________________.
Nib.
3. What is one great effect/impact of the invention of the printing press.
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Paper in China was invented by ______________________.
Cai Lun
What was the purpose of using a stamp in postal sevices?
The stamp shows that the person sending the letter has paid for postage.
People have been using pencils with a stick of _________________ inside a wooden casing
Graphite.
List four examples of mail transport in history.
Ships/ packet boats, horse-drawn coaches, train and airplane
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg.
The ________________ was a large feather with a nib cut in the end.
Quill pen
In about 2300BCE, the Ancient Egyptians invented an early form of paper called __________________.
Papyrus
List down four examples of mass communication.
Newspaper, radio, television and the internet.
"They carved the image to be printed on wood. Then they pressed cloth or paper onto the wood to transfer the ink. What type of printing is this?
Wooden block printing.
The idea of printing originated from __________________.
China.
1. What is one great effect/impact of the invention of the printing press.
:) 1
This device sends messages using a special alphabet code made up of ‘dots and dashes’
Telegraph
The felt-tipped pen was invented by _________________.
Yukio Horie.
A. Give one special feature of the printing press.
1827, the _____________________ was made. This pen was able to hold its own ink inside the pen.
Fountain pen.
Laszlo Biro introduced this pen in 1938.
Ballpoint pen.