History of writing

------------ is a human system of communication that uses voice sounds, gestures, symbols .

• Subject

• Language

The earliest form of written communication was through ---------

• Telephone

• Pictures

------------ are simple and stylized pictures that are used to depict the actual object

• Hieroglyphs

• 3D

The characters were usually Wedge shaped and the script was known as the -----------

• Cuneiform script

• Hieroglyphs

Cuneus meaning

• Oval

• wedge

The concept of zero and the decimal system were introduced to the world by Indian scholars

• True

• False

The Arabs adopted the Indian numerals and called them hindse meaning from -----

• Pakistan

• India

The Hindu-Arabic Numeral system is based upon ten different glyphs(symbols)

• 0-5

• 0-9

The Egyptians were the first to make paper from reed called-------------

• A4 sheet

• Papyrus

In 1798 ----------------- invented a machine for making paper in continuous rolls instead of sheets

• Nicholas Louis Robert

• Johannes Gutenberg