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  • What are some of the impacts of the printing press?
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  • When were metal nibs first used?
    1st century CE
  • What is a quill pen?
    A large feather with a nib cut at the end
  • What are some forms of communication that you know of?
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  • What was paper made from?
    Plant and cloth fibres
  • What is the first form of telecommunication?
    Telegraph
  • What is printing?
    Printing is a process which produces the same image or text many times
  • How was mail first sent?
    Horse-drawn coaches
  • What is communication?
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  • How do we pay for post?
    Stamps
  • What is electronic mail?
    Sending messages using a network of computers
  • Why did people start communicating?
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  • What is the name of the man who invented paper in China?
    Cai Lun
  • Who invented the telephone?
    Alexander Graham Bell
  • What is Morse code?
    dashes and dots
  • What is a stylus?
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  • What did people write on in the early days?
    Clay tablets
  • Where did the early postal systems develop?
    Ancient Egypt, Persia, China, India, etc.
  • Who created ball point pens?
    Laszlo Biro
  • Why does writing exist?
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