Medical and Technological Revolutions

These medicines protect people from viruses

• antibiotics

• essential oils

• vaccines

• aspirin

In the 19th century scientists discovered that diseases were caused by

• microscopic organisms

• bad smells

• demons

• moral failures

These medicines kill bacteria in a human body

• antibiotics

• vaccines

• vitamins

• ibuprofen

Physicians like John Snow discovered that diseases could be spread by

• poor hygiene

• witches

• bad smells

• quarantine

After the medical revolution, population ____ because the ____ rate decreased.

• increased; death

• increased; increased

• decreased; increased

• increased; birth

In the 20th century advances in farming technology included

• chemical fertilizers

• farm equipment powered by fossil fuels

• genetically engineered crops

• all of these

Improvements in technology increased

• available energy

• available food

• human life spans

• all of these

In the 20th century the use of ____ allowed factories and transportation to grow rapidly

• fossil fuels

• water power

• domesticated animals

• towns and cities

The agricultural improvements of the Green Revolution allowed population to increase because:

• more food was available

• people lived longer

• viruses were no longer a problem

• the death rate increased

Technological advances in the last 200 years are founded on

• the Scientific Method

• the use of fossil fuel energy

• the printing press and better communication

• all of these