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Worksheets7 - History of Technology
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 12mins
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
mixture of two or more metals
aqueduct
smelt
alloy
plow
Who invented the Printing Press in the mid-1400s?
Nikola Tesla
Johannes Gutenberg
Tim Berners-Lee
Dennis Ritchie
During the Stone Age, people lived ___________ lives, wandering from place to place.
agricultural
cultivated
nomadic
The Information Age began around ______________.
early 1900s
the 1940s
late 1700s
the 1990s
The Information Age began with the invention of the _______.
television
radio
transistor
car
____________ laws provide financial compensation to inventors for their ideas
Patent
Inventor
Labor
Compensation
Richard Arkwright's first manufacturing system processed ________________
iron ore
cotton
printing press
bronze
Chemicals given off by automobiles and industrial plants can produce __________, which kills forest and fish in the United States and other countries
acid rain
chlorine
H2O
flouride
The first really successful personal computer, invented in 1978 was the
Apple II
IBM
Omega
Amiga
____________ tools were the next advancement after stone tools. They were lighter and sharper than stone tools
Stone
Iron
Bronze
Bone
In an ________________ line, identical copies of each part are put together in the same way to build identical products
assembly
agriculture
industrial
alloy
What is an aqueduct?
buildings by a body of water
channel built to carry water
insulation from ducks used in coats
the process of smelting
What is coke?
carbon-like substance that comes from coal; used in iron manufacture
A beverage invented to cure disease
raw bronze
an invention from the Bronze Age
What are the advantages of iron over bronze
stronger
heavier
better-looking
sharper and longer-wearing
What made agriculture more efficient during the Agriculture Era?
plow
stone tools
sickles
printing press
The process of melting iron ore to take out impurities
coke
aqueduct
alloy
smelting
Telescope, Microscope, Thermometer were invented during the...
Iron Age
Information Age
Industrial Revolution
Renaissance
Name the age. Military dominance, sharper and long-lasting weapons, increased food production (700 BC to 450 AD)
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Agricultural Era
Renaissance
The electric automobile, airplane, rocket were invented in the...
Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
Information Age
Middle Ages
In what age did we get improved horse harnesses, cast iron, cannons, mechanical clocks, compasses?
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
Information Age
What time period are we in right now?
Renaissance
Industrial Era
Information Age
Technological Age
The Bronze Age began with the discovery of...
Iron
Copper
Tin
Aluminum
Bronze is an alloy of what two metals?
Tin and Aluminum
Iron and Copper
Copper and Tin
Graphite and Copper
When did machines become steam-powered
Iron Age
Agricultural Era
Industrial Revolution
Information Age
When did factory systems begin?
Iron Age
Agricultural Era
Industrial Revolution
Information Age
