CHAPTER 12 ANT 3610 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
the three basic types of writing systems are ________, ________, and ________ - Answers
logographic, syllabic, alphabetic
symbols such as: 3 # $ and! are ________ in nature - Answers logographic
A picture on the wall of a cave is not writing because it has no units that represent__ - Answers
linguistic units
logographic writing systems always include syllabic symbols. It is, therefore, more accurate to label
these systems as ________ - Answers logosyllabic
the most important step in the development of writing was ________ - Answers the invention of
symbols that had conventional meaning
according to the text, the second most important step in the development of writing may have been
________ - Answers when symbols came to represent sounds
employing symbols that once stood for one-syllable words as syllables is called ________ - Answers
rebus principle
many fully logo-syllabic writing systems developed in the new world. This statement is ________ -
Answers false
________ is the most logographic of modern writing systems - Answers Chinese
each logogram stands for ________ - Answers word or concept
a Chinese college student will know about ________ logograms - Answers 5000
the Chinese character system persists because of ________ and ________ - Answers tradition, the
fact that people speaking different forms of Chinese are able to understand each other through
writing
Japanese and syllabic writing go together well because Japanese syllables usually take the form of
________ - Answers CV
the technial name for a letter of an alphabet is a ________ - Answers grapheme
Alphabetic symbols ideally represent___ - Answers phonemes
most alphabetic systems come very close to a one grapheme-one phoneme correspondence. This
statement is ________ - Answers false
the fact that one grapheme-one phoneme correspondence is inconsistent is, in part, a factor of
________ - Answers the different rates of change for speech and writing
the phenomenon whereby a word comes to be pronounced as it is spelled, when it had originally
been pronounced differently, is called ________ - Answers spelling pronunciation
grapheme-phoneme inconsistencies can be quite valuable, as when such inconsistencies ________ -
Answers clarify homophones
drawn or painted images meant to communicate are ________ - Answers iconic
visual representations that tell stories are called ________, whereas those that identify or remind the
viewer of something are called _______ - Answers descriptive representative, identifying mneumonic
most historians who study writing believe that descriptive-representative pictograms lead directly to
writing. This statement is _____ - Answers false
denis schmandt-Besserat believes that small objects inscribed with various ________ marks were
menumonic devices that led to true _______ - Answers abstract, writing
the first true writing dates to about ________. This is found in ________ and is ________ in nature -
Answers 5100 years ago, Sumer, logosyllabic
syllabic writing systems were developed by ________ peoples, and these systems are collectively
referred to as the ________ - Answers semitic, northern semitic syllabary
the first fully alphabetic system was invented by the ________ - Answers greeks
the first european printing press with movable type was invented by _______ - Answers Johannes
Gutenberg
the first book printed in Europe with movable type was called the ________. it was printed ________
- Answers guttenberg bible, 1455CE
some of the sociocultural influences of the rapid and broad dissemination of information made
possible by the printing press are the ________ - Answers renaissance ideas, industrial revolution
five sociocultural functions of computers are ________ - Answers access to information, electronic
mail, instantaneous linking of business, two way educational instruction, instantaneous translation of
language
the three basic types of writing systems are ________, ________, and ________ - Answers
logographic, syllabic, alphabetic
symbols such as: 3 # $ and! are ________ in nature - Answers logographic
A picture on the wall of a cave is not writing because it has no units that represent__ - Answers
linguistic units
logographic writing systems always include syllabic symbols. It is, therefore, more accurate to label
these systems as ________ - Answers logosyllabic
the most important step in the development of writing was ________ - Answers the invention of
symbols that had conventional meaning
according to the text, the second most important step in the development of writing may have been
________ - Answers when symbols came to represent sounds
employing symbols that once stood for one-syllable words as syllables is called ________ - Answers
rebus principle
many fully logo-syllabic writing systems developed in the new world. This statement is ________ -
Answers false
________ is the most logographic of modern writing systems - Answers Chinese
each logogram stands for ________ - Answers word or concept
a Chinese college student will know about ________ logograms - Answers 5000
the Chinese character system persists because of ________ and ________ - Answers tradition, the
fact that people speaking different forms of Chinese are able to understand each other through
writing
Japanese and syllabic writing go together well because Japanese syllables usually take the form of
________ - Answers CV
the technial name for a letter of an alphabet is a ________ - Answers grapheme
Alphabetic symbols ideally represent___ - Answers phonemes
most alphabetic systems come very close to a one grapheme-one phoneme correspondence. This
statement is ________ - Answers false
the fact that one grapheme-one phoneme correspondence is inconsistent is, in part, a factor of
________ - Answers the different rates of change for speech and writing
the phenomenon whereby a word comes to be pronounced as it is spelled, when it had originally
been pronounced differently, is called ________ - Answers spelling pronunciation
grapheme-phoneme inconsistencies can be quite valuable, as when such inconsistencies ________ -
Answers clarify homophones
drawn or painted images meant to communicate are ________ - Answers iconic
visual representations that tell stories are called ________, whereas those that identify or remind the
viewer of something are called _______ - Answers descriptive representative, identifying mneumonic
most historians who study writing believe that descriptive-representative pictograms lead directly to
writing. This statement is _____ - Answers false
denis schmandt-Besserat believes that small objects inscribed with various ________ marks were
menumonic devices that led to true _______ - Answers abstract, writing
the first true writing dates to about ________. This is found in ________ and is ________ in nature -
Answers 5100 years ago, Sumer, logosyllabic
syllabic writing systems were developed by ________ peoples, and these systems are collectively
referred to as the ________ - Answers semitic, northern semitic syllabary
the first fully alphabetic system was invented by the ________ - Answers greeks
the first european printing press with movable type was invented by _______ - Answers Johannes
Gutenberg
the first book printed in Europe with movable type was called the ________. it was printed ________
- Answers guttenberg bible, 1455CE
some of the sociocultural influences of the rapid and broad dissemination of information made
possible by the printing press are the ________ - Answers renaissance ideas, industrial revolution
five sociocultural functions of computers are ________ - Answers access to information, electronic
mail, instantaneous linking of business, two way educational instruction, instantaneous translation of
language
