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What did people do to make sure they could find their way in the dark?
What did people do to make sure they could find their way in the dark?
- Wear light-coloured clothing (correct)
- Mark their route in advance during the night
- Use white chalk to draw a map
- Learn how to fold their clothes
How did people navigate in the dark?
How did people navigate in the dark?
- By using electric lights
- By using white chalk
- By using light-coloured clothing (correct)
- By using their memory
What was it like to navigate in the dark before electric lights?
What was it like to navigate in the dark before electric lights?
- Difficult and dangerous (correct)
- Easy and safe
- Difficult but safe
- Easy but dangerous
What did people do to make sure they didn't trip in the dark?
What did people do to make sure they didn't trip in the dark?
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What did people consider night before the invention of electric lights?
What did people consider night before the invention of electric lights?
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Study Notes
- Before the invention of electric lights, our ancestors considered night a different "season."
- At night, they were nearly blind.
- And so, to them, day and night seemed as different as summer and winter.
- They even had special words for night.
- Before electric lights, people often fell into ponds and ravines while trying to navigate in the darkness.
- People would wear light-coloured clothing so that their friends could see them when navigating in the darkness.
- People would also use white chalk to mark their route in advance during the day, so they would know where they were going at night.
- It was dark inside houses as well, and people would have to learn how to fold their clothes so that they could walk through the house without tripping.
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