History of Technology

Leonardo daVinci created designs for all of the following except . . .

• ball bearing

• parachute

• armored tank

• spinning wheel

Which of the following was created during the Middle Ages?

• machine gun

• printing press

• telescope

• copier

As knowledge and skills increase, modification to products advance from one generation to the next. This is an example of ?

• technological design

• manufacturing

• technical creativity

• technological evolution

The introduction of fast-food restaurants into the American way of life has had both positive and negative impacts. One negative impact is the belief that such restaurants have played a role in increasing the number of overweight people. This is an example of a/an:

• anticipated effect

• trade-off

• intended effect

• unintended effect

A coal-fired power plant creates coal ash as a waste product. An accident occurs when the container for coal ash leaks the waste into a river. What area has the leak affected most?

• Environment

• Politics

• Culture

• Economy

Who primarily determines the value of a technology over time?

• Market and advertising department

• User and society

• Manufacturer and builder

• Engineer and designer

The printing press, developed by Johannes Gutenberg in 1445, made books available to more people and less costly. This is an example of how technology:

• hinders society

• benefits society

• moves society

• motivates society

The period of human history that dramatically influenced the advancement of science through the development of instruments for measuring was the:

• Renaissance

• Neometrics

• Industrial Revolution

• Information Age

The use and production of stone tools occurred in which period of human history?

• Paleolithic

• Renaissance

• Information

• Communication

The compass, telescope and calculator are all products of the:

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• Information Age

• Iron Age