What is Graphic Design?

Question 1

In 1845, the firstadvertising agency in the US opened in Philadelphia, PA.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Who was Joseph Nicephore?

Accepted Answer

inventor of camera obscura in 1826

Question 3

What year was the term "Graphic Design" coined?

Accepted Answer

1922

Question 4

During the great depression and WWI, governments employed graphic designers to do what?

Accepted Answer

all correct

Question 5

What year did the Chinese invent a technique with printing characters on carved blocks?

Accepted Answer

1040 CE

Question 6

Graphic Design became an accepted college course around the country.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Pictographs are...

Accepted Answer

pictures that stand for words or ideas and basic numbering

Question 8

What was the title of the first book printed?

Accepted Answer

the Bible

Question 9

When did newspapers and magazines start incorportating advertisements?

Accepted Answer

1700s

Question 10

Where were the first traces of graphic design found?

Accepted Answer

Caves in France

Question 11

In the Industrial Revolution,the steam engine was one reason 1000s of people moved to the city

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What are Illuminated Manuscripts?

Accepted Answer

hand-lettered books that were brightly colored

Question 13

What was the name of the German printer inventor in 1450?

Accepted Answer

Johann Gutenberg

Question 14

What is graphic design?

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creating messages from words and images that are compelling

Question 15

Describe CAMERA OBSCURA

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small box with lens on one side and light sensative plates

Question 16

Where can you find design?

Accepted Answer

everywhere

Question 17

In the 1960 was the time that televison started using advertisements (commercials).

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

When was the world wide web introduced?

Accepted Answer

1990s

Question 19

During the Modern Age which of the following art movements inspired graphic designers?

Accepted Answer

Art Nouveau and Art Deco

Question 20

People in monasteries were the only people who were literate after the fall of rome because...

Accepted Answer

they created the books--illuminated manuscripts

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