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Technology through the ages

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this piece of technology?

a)

Beeper

b)

Police Scanner

c)

Phone

d)

mp3 Player

2.

What is this?

a)

phone

b)

game system

c)

message decoder

d)

boom box

3.

How do you dial you friend's phone number on this phone?

a)

press the numbers

b)

touch all the numbers once

c)

rotate the circle once for each number

d)

voice command

4.

What is this used for?

a)

coaster

b)

game cartridge

c)

save data

d)

taking pictures

5.

What is this technology used for?

a)

cheering on your team

b)

playing music

c)

putting oil in a car

d)

holding ice cream

6.

What is this piece of technology?

a)

computer

b)

qwerty keyboard

c)

code breaker

d)

typewriter

7.

What did your grandparents use this for?

a)

video game

b)

computer simulations

c)

barbershop shaver

d)

music

8.

What is this?

a)

house phone

b)

cell phone

c)

pay phone

d)

satellite phone

9.

What is this?

a)

bicycle

b)

scooted

c)

horse carriage

d)

car

10.

What did people use this for?

a)

child's toy

b)

calculating addition and subtraction

c)

keeping kids occupied at the dentist

d)

teaching colors

11.

What is this technology used for?

a)

projector

b)

microscope

c)

camera

d)

video camera

12.

What is this used for?

a)

watching tv

b)

listening to music

c)

radar detection

d)

playing video games

13.
What is this?
a)
An 8 track player that plays music
b)
A DVD player
c)
A movie player
14.
What is this?
a)
A projector
b)
A tv
c)
A camera
15.
What is this?
a)
A portable cassette player
b)
A portable movie player
c)
A portable computer
16.
What is this?
a)
A VHS that plays movies
b)
A cassette that plays music
c)
A computer chip
17.
What is this?
a)
A way to get to the internet
b)
A sign in screen
c)
A telephone dialing system
18.
What is this?
a)
The first computer
b)
A network
c)
wires
19.
What is this?
a)
Something that the computer uses
b)
movie strips
c)
film negatives
20.
What is this?
a)
A record player
b)
A CD player
c)

A DVD player

21.
What is this?
a)
A CD
b)
A DVD
c)
A record
22.
What is this?
a)
A virtual pet
b)
A handheld computer
c)
A beeper
23.
How do you change the channels on this old tv?
a)
With a remote
b)
Turn the knobs
c)
You can't
24.
What is this?
a)
A keyboard
b)
A typewriter
c)
A tv
d)
A computer
25.
What is this?
a)
A video game system
b)
A computer system
c)
A GPS system
26.
What is this?
a)
A cell phone
b)
A regular phone
c)
A tv remote
27.
What is this?
a)
A tv remote
b)
A computer mouse
c)
A keyboard
28.
a)

Cell phone

b)

car phone

c)

digital phone

d)

gps device

29.
What does the Internet prefix WWW stand for?
a)
Western Washington World
b)
Worldwide Weather
c)
Wide Width Wickets
d)
Word Wide Web
30.

Which machine made copies of papers for teachers to use?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

When did the pencil become common place in classrooms?

a)

1850s

b)

1900s

c)

1800s

d)

1950s

32.

The calculator showed up in....

a)

1955

b)

1987

c)

1970

d)

1993