7 - History of Technology

What tools were used in the Iron Age?

• Bronze tools

• Stone tools

• Iron tools

• Plows

Which age is circuits and computers part of?

• Renaissance

• Industrial Age

• Middle Ages

• Information Age

The Stone Age had tools made from... (read all choices)

• Stone

• Bone

• Iron

• Stone AND Bone

TRUE OR FALSE.

Patent laws and labor unions developed as a result of the changes that occurred during the Agricultural Era.

• TRUE

• FALSE

At what kind of rate is technology increasing in the Information Age?

• exponential rate of change

• linear rate of change

Many tools and discoveries during the Agricultural Era had to do with growing and harvesting crops

• TRUE

• FALSE

What comes first?

• Bronze Age

• Iron Age

• Stone Age

• Industrial Era

We distinguish the early eras of human civilization by the types of materials used to make tools.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Industrial Revolution began in England during the late 1700s.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The _______ allowed the force of a river or stream to be used to grind grain into flour.

• Water wheel

• Water wing

• Aqueduct

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