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7 - History of Technology

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tools were used in the Iron Age?

a)

Bronze tools

b)

Stone tools

c)

Iron tools

d)

Plows

2.

Which age is circuits and computers part of?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Industrial Age

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Information Age

3.

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

a)

Stone

b)

Bone

c)

Iron

d)

Stone AND Bone

4.

TRUE OR FALSE.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

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

a)

exponential rate of change

b)

linear rate of change

6.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

What comes first?

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Industrial Era

8.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

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

a)

Water wheel

b)

Water wing

c)

Aqueduct

11.

mixture of two or more metals

a)

aqueduct

b)

smelt

c)

alloy

d)

plow

12.

Who invented the Printing Press in the mid-1400s?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Tim Berners-Lee

d)

Dennis Ritchie

13.

During the Stone Age, people lived ___________ lives, wandering from place to place.

a)

agricultural

b)

cultivated

c)

nomadic

14.

The Information Age began around ______________.

a)

early 1900s

b)

the 1940s

c)

late 1700s

d)

the 1990s

15.

The Information Age began with the invention of the _______.

a)

television

b)

radio

c)

transistor

d)

car

16.

____________ laws provide financial compensation to inventors for their ideas

a)

Patent

b)

Inventor

c)

Labor

d)

Compensation

17.

Richard Arkwright's first manufacturing system processed ________________

a)

iron ore

b)

cotton

c)

printing press

d)

bronze

18.

Chemicals given off by automobiles and industrial plants can produce __________, which kills forest and fish in the United States and other countries

a)

acid rain

b)

chlorine

c)

H2O

d)

flouride

19.

The first really successful personal computer, invented in 1978 was the

a)

Apple II

b)

IBM

c)

Omega

d)

Amiga

20.

____________ tools were the next advancement after stone tools. They were lighter and sharper than stone tools

a)

Stone

b)

Iron

c)

Bronze

d)

Bone

21.

In an ________________ line, identical copies of each part are put together in the same way to build identical products

a)

assembly

b)

agriculture

c)

industrial

d)

alloy

22.

What is an aqueduct?

a)

buildings by a body of water

b)

channel built to carry water

c)

insulation from ducks used in coats

d)

the process of smelting

23.

What is coke?

a)

carbon-like substance that comes from coal; used in iron manufacture

b)

A beverage invented to cure disease

c)

raw bronze

d)

an invention from the Bronze Age

24.

What are the advantages of iron over bronze

a)

stronger

b)

heavier

c)

better-looking

d)

sharper and longer-wearing

25.

What made agriculture more efficient during the Agriculture Era?

a)

plow

b)

stone tools

c)

sickles

d)

printing press

26.

The process of melting iron ore to take out impurities

a)

coke

b)

aqueduct

c)

alloy

d)

smelting

27.

Telescope, Microscope, Thermometer were invented during the...

a)

Iron Age

b)

Information Age

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Renaissance

28.

Name the age. Military dominance, sharper and long-lasting weapons, increased food production (700 BC to 450 AD)

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Agricultural Era

d)

Renaissance

29.

The electric automobile, airplane, rocket were invented in the...

a)

Renaissance

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Information Age

d)

Middle Ages

30.

In what age did we get improved horse harnesses, cast iron, cannons, mechanical clocks, compasses?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Information Age

31.

What time period are we in right now?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Industrial Era

c)

Information Age

d)

Technological Age

32.

The Bronze Age began with the discovery of...

a)

Iron

b)

Copper

c)

Tin

d)

Aluminum

33.

Bronze is an alloy of what two metals?

a)

Tin and Aluminum

b)

Iron and Copper

c)

Copper and Tin

d)

Graphite and Copper

34.

When did machines become steam-powered

a)

Iron Age

b)

Agricultural Era

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Information Age

35.

When did factory systems begin?

a)

Iron Age

b)

Agricultural Era

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Information Age