Unit 2: Technology Changes History
TED | Unit 2, Lesson1 & 2| FVHS | Mrs. Furse
Name: ________________________ Block: ______
Study Guide for Units 1 & 2 Test
Circle the correct term
1.
Invention/Innovation is creation of a product or introduction for the first time.
2.
Invention/Innovation occurs when someone improves on or makes a significant contribution to an existing product, process, or
service.
Fill in the blank
3.
Technology is ________ ________ that involves the ________ of knowledge and process to develop systems that ________
problems and ________ human capabilities.
4.
Impact of technology are ________ (solve one problem) or ________ (create another problem).
5.
T_______ t_______ occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function.
6.
R________ and D________ is purposeful to improve on a current or previous product or completely new product
Match key terms
7.
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History
A. Humanistic revival of classical influence
8.
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Microliths
B. Very small geometric form tools commonly used in composite tools
9.
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Engineer
C. Development of agriculture and an emphasis on year-round settlements
10. _____
Paleolithic Age
D. Period of time between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance
11. _____
Mesolithic Age
E. Associated with the rise to dominance of microliths
12. _____
Neolithic Age
F. First use of complex machinery, and factories
13. _____
Bronze Age
G. Means to design or devise
14. _____
Iron Age
H. Includes earliest civilizations and development of metallurgy
15. _____
Middle Ages
I. Iron used as the main metal
16. _____
Renaissance/Enlightenment Age
J. Chronological record of significant events
17. _____
Industrial Age
K. Gathering, classification, storage, and retrieval of information
18. _____
Information Age
L. Archaeological period having the earliest known stone tool manufactured
List each era in order with its age
19. ______________________
500000 – 10000 BC
20. ______________________
10000 – 4000 BC
21. ______________________
4000 – 2300 BC
22. ______________________
2300 – 700 BC
23. ______________________
700 BC – 450 AD
24. ______________________
450 – 1400 AD
25. ______________________
1400 – 1750 AD
26. ______________________
1750 – 1950 AD
27. ______________________
1950 – Present
Write the work under each engineer
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Created aqueduct systems, sanitary systems and
extensive road system
Developed paper, clocks, gunpowder and
astronomical instruments
Refined steam engine for practical use
Clay tablets as documented irrigation system & city
plans
Discovered principles for a battery
Concept of assembly line
Built pyramids & complex irrigations systems
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Algebra for land excavation calculations & asphaltcovered roadways
Conquered territories through their creation of
crossbow and catapult
Designed weapons, buildings, and machinery and is
most known for the modern day tank
Pivotal figure in development of physics, specifically
astronomy
Developed the static electric charge (forerunner to the
capacitor
Mesopotamin Engineers
Babylonian Engineers
Egyptian Engineers
Greek Engineers
Roman Engineers
Middle Age Engineers
Renaissance Engineer daVinci
Renaissance Engineer Galileo
Industrial Engineer Watts
Industrial Engineer Volta
Industrial Engineer Musschenbroek
Industrial Engineer Ford
Write the age beside each group of artifacts
28. Telescope, microscope, thermometer, clocks, barometer ::: ________________ Age
29. Bronze jewelry, tools, weapons ::: ________________ Age
30. Transistor, integrated circuit, satellite, digital photography, artificial heart, nuclear power plant ::: ________________ Age
31. Stone axes, bone needles, hearth sites ::: ________________ Age
32. Steam engine, electricity, automobile, airplane, radio, television, telephone, rocket ::: ________________ Age
33. Leatherwork, basketry, fishing tackle, stone axes and wooden objects, canoes and bows ::: ________________ Age
34. Iron chisels, ornamental jewelry, swords, axes, spearheads ::: ________________ Age
35. Wheeled plow, horseshoes, waterwheels, windmill, cast iron, cannons, compass, ocean-going ships ::: ________________ Age
36. Pottery, polished stone tools, spinning and weaving tools, wooden plows, sickles ::: ________________ Age
True or False
37. _____
Science, technology, engineering and math are so closely related that progress in one area promotes advancement in
other areas.
38. _____
Early in the history of technology, the development of many tools and machines was based on scientific
knowledge not on technological know-how.
39. _____
An automobile engine is a smaller system that is embedded into a larger social system.
Match the terms and definitions for the Obelisk Design Project
40. _____
Obelisk
A. Base with a turning groove for raising and supporting the obelisk
41. _____
Rigging
B. Force that pulls the obelisk downward
42. _____
Sandpit
C. Enclosure that contains sand, a pedestal, and inclined plane
43. _____
Release holes
D. Holes on opposite sides of the sandpit for releasing sand
44. _____
Pedestal
E. Slanted surface for moving the obelisk upward or downward
45. _____
Turning groove
F. Upper edge of the sandpit wall for rotating the obelisk downward
46. _____
Inclined plane
G. Robes to pull the obelisk up the incline and brake its descent onto the pedestal
47. _____
Mechanical advantage
H. Machine that makes it possible to use less effort
48. _____
Pivot point
I. Tapered object with a pyramid on top
49. _____
Gravity
J. V shape carved on the top of the pedestal to help position the obelisk
Match each term and definition
50. _____
System
A. Increased tax base and employment/jobs
51. _____
Social Impacts
B. Recreation facilities, places of worship & clubs and organizations
52. _____
Cultural Impacts
C. Leadership decisions, laws & enforcement
53. _____
Economic Impacts
D. Historical, archeological & geological
54. _____
Political Impacts
E. Loss of habitat & wetlands, water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution
55. _____
Environmental Impacts
F. Building block of technology
Answer each question below using 3/4 complete sentences.
56. Explain how the introduction of a new technology would change the current process used in creating a product.
57. Describe an example of a technology in which the development was driven by the profit motive and the market.
58. List three instances of technological progress that promoted the advancement of science and mathematics.
59. Select one of the following areas of technology and explain how technology changed the way people live and work;
agriculture, manufacturing, sanitation and medicine, warfare, transportation, information processing, and communications.