10.11 & 10.12

What is the most significant result based on the development of wind mills and water wheels?

• 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 1900’s 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

Devices in the Information Age are used to process and exchange information. Which of the following devices does not communicate information 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

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

Digital photography is a technological development that occurred during the

• Renaissance
• Industrial Age
• Paleolithic Age
• Information Age

The printing press is a technological development that occurred during the

• Renaissance
• Middle Ages
• Paleolithic Age
• Information Age

Technology transfer occurs when:

• one society uses a product from another society
• an innovation used for one purpose is used for another purpose
• an innovation is used in different time periods
• one society deems a product unethical

Which of the following occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function?

• invention
• innovation
• technology transfer
• technology regression