Unit One, Lesson One

Comparing tools made of stone, iron, and bronze: place them in the correct order from
least to most durable.

• Stone, iron, bronze
• Iron, bronze, stone
• Stone, bronze, iron
• Bronze, stone, iron

An automobile engine is a smaller system that is embedded into a larger ____________.

• Technological system
• Social system
• Environmental system
• Political system

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are so closely related that progress
in one area often _________________.

• Stunts progress in other areas
• Stunts progress in one but not all other areas
• Promotes advancements in all other areas
• Promotes advancement in one other area but not others

Early in the history of technology, the development of tools and machines was based on
______________ versus scientific knowledge as is done today.

• Technology and mathematics principles
• The engineering design process
• Technical know-how
• Positive and negative effects of using technology

Which of the following is not an impact technology has on our society?

• Political
• Economic
• Experimental
• Environmental

What is the most significant result based on the development of windmills and
waterwheels?

• The rise and fall of feudalism
• Humans no longer had to use their muscle to move machines
• Popularity of money and capitalism
• Beginning of mechanical labor

What event from the early 1900s had the most significant impact on the development of
technology?

• The development of mechanical labor
• The development of the assembly line
• The development of steam power
• The development of electricity

Information Age devices are used to process and exchange information. Which of the
following does not do this as its primary function?

• iPod
• Laptop
• GPS receiver
• Electric-powered vehicle

Television is a technological development that occurred during the ________.

• Renaissance
• Industrial Age
• Paleolithic Age
• Information Age

The microscope is a technological development that occurred during the

• Renaissance
• Industrial Age
• Paleolithic Age
• Information Age