History of Technology

History of Technology

Interactive Quiz

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I will test your knowledge of the history of technology. Get ready!

Multiple Choice

Let's Warm-up with an easy one: Which of the following is NOT part of the Stone age?

• Paleolithic

• Atwoodolithic

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

Multiple Choice

Which of the following time periods of the stone age are in the correct order?

• Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

• Mesolithic, Neolithic, Paleolithic

• Neolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic

The Stone Age

• Paleolithic - 500,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE - Artifacts: Stone axes, bone needles, knives, hammers, shields, bows, musical instruments.

• Mesolithic- 10,000 BCE - 4000 BCE Artifacts: leatherwork, basketry, fishing tackle, stone axes and wooden objects, canoes and bows, domesticating animals, stone circles

• Neolithic Age - 4000 BCE - 2300 BCE -development of agriculture and an increasing emphasis on year-round settlements. Artifacts: pottery, polished stone tools, spinning and weaving tools, wooden plows, sickles.

  
  

Impacts of the Stone Age

• Improved diet and enhanced security enabled early humans to increase their numbers.

• The gradual domestication of plants and animals led to the beginnings of settled communities

• Dependable year-round food supply enables division of labor and specialization that spurs invention and innovation.

Multiple Choice

What time period came after the stone age?

• Iron

• Information

• Bronze

• Industrial Revolution

Multiple Choice

What came next?

• Iron

• Middle Ages

• Age of Enlightenment

Multiple Choice

What came first?

• Clock

• Compass

Answer

• Clock- 1250 -1300 CE

• Compass - 1044 CE

Fill in the Blanks

This age was know for the rebirth of the Arts and Humanities.

Multiple Choice

What came first?

• Steamboat

• Steam Locomotive (Train)

Answer

• Train Railways 1804 - English engineer Richard Trevithick improved James Watt’s steam engine and used it for transport. He built the first railway locomotive at an ironworks in Wales.

• Steamboat 1807 -Robert Fulton put the steam engine on water. His steamboat that was eventually called the Clermont took 32 hours to go up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany. Sailing ships took four days.

Multiple Choice

What came first?

• Combustion Engine

• Electric Light

Answer

• 1876: Internal-combustion engine - German engineer Nikolaus Otto built an engine that, unlike the steam engine, used the burning of fuel inside the engine to move a piston. This type of engine would later be used to power automobiles.

• 1879: Electric light -After thousands of trials, American inventor Thomas Edison got a carbon-filament light bulb to burn for 13½ hours. Edison and others in his laboratory were also working on an electrical power distribution system to light homes and businesses, and in 1882 the Edison Electric Illuminating Company opened the first power plant.

Multiple Choice

What is the Bessemer Process?

• A way to mine for gold

• A process for cooking

• A process for making Steel

• A method for flushing a toilet

Multiple Choice

Which came first?

• Atari (First Video Game system)

• Floppy Disks (Data storage device for computers)

Answer

• Floppy disk- 1970 David Noble at IBM invents the floppy disk

• Atari - First video game "Pong" 1971 Nolan Bushnell