STS 100: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
PRELIMS EXAM
2nd SEMESTER │A.Y. 2022 – 2023
PREHISTORIC TIMES
STONE AGE
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Fire
Clothing (wool/ leather)
Pottery
Stones, wood, bones
o Flaking
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EGYPTIAN
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BRONZE AGE
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Technologies
Weapons
o Bronze + copper
Dikes
Processing of raw foods
Alcoholic beverages
Model of the universe
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Northeastern part of Africa; along the Nile River
Nile River – gave life to civilization in Egypt
Weapons and utensils – heat metal ore
Glass
Papyrus reels
o Hieroglyphics
Embalm their dead
Calendar of 29 1⁄2 days
o IMHOTEP
o Based on Sirius – brightest in the horizon
Pyramids
Giza Necropolis
Great Sphyinx
Ruins of Memphis
Valley of Kings
CRETAN (MINOAN)
IRON AGE
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Western Africa and Southwestern Asia
Dark-silvery rocks
1500 BC
Small village life, farming tools, try new crops
Fermentation
Diagnosing the symptoms of the diseases
o Hippocrates – pulse
Pythagoras – geometry
Irrigation
ANCIENT TIMES
SUMERIAN
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Southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia
(Iraq & Kuwait)
3600 BC
“first cities”
Families – tribes – cities – states
Cuneiform
Clay tablet
Potter’s wheel
First astronomers
Foundation of logic, mathematics, etc.
Sexagesimal system of counting
Systemized technique of farming – irrigation
Textiles from wool
BABYLONIAN
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Bordering Tigris and Euphrates river (Iraq)
Hammurabi
o First leader
o Law code
Nebuchadnezzar II
o Neo Babylonian Emperor
o Construction of “hanging Gardens of
Babylon” and Isthar Gate
Irrigation, dikes, bookkeeping, accounting, etc.
Adopted the Sumerian sexagesimal system
PRELIMINARIES │3 UNITS
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2600 – 1400 BC
King Minos
The first link in the European chain
Capital: Knossos
Crete is located b/n Turkey, Egypt & Greece
Mercantile people
Tin trade
Importers of raw materials and food
First major navy ship
Carved statues
Mathematics, engineering, architecture
Well drainage system
Stone-paved roads
Theran eruption
GREEK
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2000 BC and 146 BC
Mediterranean Sea
HIPPOCRATES
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Father of Medicine
ARISTOTLE
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Father of Biology
ARCHIMEDES
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Mathematician
ROMAN
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Exploitation of groundwater
Roman aqueduct
o Channel used to transport fresh water
Sundials – to tell time
Advanced glassblowing techniques
Transcribed by: Guinomla, Rohanie B.