History of Technology Quiz (short version)

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

•        a.   Stone, iron, bronze

• b.            Iron, bronze, stone

• c.           Stone, bronze, iron

• d.            Bronze, stone, iron

2. Today, the development of tools and machines is based on scientific knowledge and engineering design; however, early in the history of technology, the development of tools and machines was based on __________________.

• a.            Technology and mathematics principles

• b.            The Engineering Design Process

• c.            Technical know-how

• d.            Positive and negative effects of using technology

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

• a.            The rise and fall of feudalism

• b.           Humans no longer had to use their muscle to move machines

• c.           Popularity of money and capitalism

• d.           Beginning of mechanical labor

4. Television is a technological development that occurred during the ________.

• a.            Renaissance

• b.          Industrial Age

• c.           Paleolithic Age

• d.            Information Age

5.  The microscope is a technological development that occurred during the

• a.            Renaissance

• b.            Industrial Age

• c.           Paleolithic Age

• d.         Information Age

6. Digital photography is a technological development that occurred during the

• a.            Renaissance

• b.           Industrial Age

• c.           Paleolithic Age

• d.          Information Age

The printing press is a technological development that occurred during the

• a.            Middle Ages

• b.           Renaissance

• c.            Industrial Age

• d.            Information Age