Communication

Is this telephone is from the past or present?

• past

• present

The invention of the cell phone________

• caused people to wait at home or work for calls

• allowed people to communicate from anywhere
• made it more difficult to make phone calls in the car

• decreased the amount of time people talk to each other

Communication was difficult in the early 1900s because________

• the internet was very slow

• most people did not speak

• there was not a way to communicate

• it took a long time to send messages

People today use ________ to help predict the weather.

• satellites

• microscopes

• calculators

What basic need can be met by using the internet?

• You can buy clothes online.

• There are fun games to play.

• It makes trips to visit friends faster.

• You can send a friend a message.

Healthcare workers keep many notes. How was their job different before the invention of the typewriter?

• It was the same.

• They did not keep notes.

• They had to handwrite all notes.

• They drew pictures instead of words.

Because communication technology has improved_______

• people communicate less

• people learned to live without technology

• people are able to meet basic needs easier
• people do not need to communicate anymore

Which were two of the earliest inventions?

• computer and internet

• internet and smartphone

• telephone and computer

• telegraph and photograph

Who invented the telephone?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Wilbur Wright

How did American Indians communicate with people far away?

• They called on their phones

• They sent smoke signals

• They wrote a letter and sent it in the mail

• They walked over to talk to them