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SPRINGBOARD - LISTENING | AUTHENTIC LISTENING - SERIES #2 Topic : History Source : BBC Ideas Question Type : Gap-Filling Relevancy : National English Competition Exercise 1. Write ONE WORD ONLY in the spaces provided. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. Audio Link : Five charts that changed the world | BBC Ideas Five charts that changed the world When invented by William Playfair, data visualization was (1) _____ as a tool to represent numbers Dr Jon Snow - Dotted map Contrary to popular belief, cholera was not airborne. Rather, the deaths this disease caused were (2) ________ a water pump, and shortly afterwards, the pump was shut down. Florence Nightingale - Coxcomb (3) _____ helped her identify that casualties in the battlefield paled in comparison with those caused by (4) _____ in hospitals. The even pie chart had a sweeping impact, reinventing the image of modern healthcare. Web Du Bois As a (5) _______, he created a chart showcasing the educational, social and business accomplishments of black people since the abolition of slavery. In doing so, he hoped to put an end to (6) ________. Kalakak family tree (7) ________ by Henry Goddard, this family tree cited (8) ______ as one of the greatest societal concerns. It was even used in films by the Nazis to drum up support for their (9) _______. Warming Stripes The use of a color-only chart was a (10) ______ to demonstrate global warming.