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Historical Antecedent

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. A group of persons joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest. They come to learn and perform behavior expected of them.

a)

Science

b)

Society

c)

Technology

2.

2. The description, understanding, and prediction of physical phenomenon through the use and generation of verifiable theories, laws, and principles.

a)

Science

b)

Society

c)

Technology

3.

3. The use of scientific knowledge and/or empirical knowledge how for the production, improvement, and distribution of goods and services,as well as the satisfaction of other material needs.

a)

Science

b)

Society

c)

Technology

4.

4. What can be considered as the topmost priority of many countries in these modern times?

a)

globalization

b)

political stability

c)

development of science and technology

5.

5. The basic tool used by scientists in the search for knowledge.

a)

Intuition

b)

Authorities

c)

Scientific Method

6.

6. Study of past occurrences.

a)

History

b)

Revolution

7.

7. The founder of the Academy of Athens.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

8.

8. The founder of the Lyceum of Athens.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

9.

9. Discovered x-ray in 1895.

a)

Pierre and Marie Curie

b)

Baron Rutherford

c)

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

10.

10. French, chemist, founder of microbiology, known primarily, for his work on pasteurization of food and on preventive vaccines.

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Isaac Newton

11.

11. His ability to run on cheap, unrefined oil, the engine became widely used in industry and transport.

a)

Max Planck

b)

Karl Benz

c)

Rudolf Diesel

12.

12. Received radio signal over Atlantic in 1901.

a)

Marconi

b)

Wright

13.

13. Brothers flew the first motorized plane in 1903.

a)

Marconi

b)

Wright

14.

14. Creates controlled nuclear reaction in 1942

a)

Einstein

b)

Fermi

15.

15. The inventors of the wheel.

a)

Sumerians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Romans

16.

16. An alloy of copper and tin.

a)

Bronze

b)

Steel

c)

Iron

17.

17. Power source during the industrial revolution.

a)

Radium

b)

Steam

c)

Coal

18.

18. The builders of the aqueduct and colosseum.

a)

Egyptians

b)

Romans

c)

Greeks

19.

19. Geographical discoveries and printing were the two major developments of this period.

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Industrial Revolution

20.

20. Known as the Paleolithic Period.

a)

New Stone Age

b)

Old Stone Age

21.

21. Marked the period of development of technology when the working of iron came into general use.

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Iron Age

22.

22. Marked the beginning of the age of modern factory.

a)

Textile Industry

b)

Industrial Revolution

23.

24. Biggest continent of the world and the home of many civilizations.

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

24.

24. A scientist whose life was changed when one of his professors recommended him to join a five-year voyage through the HMS Beagle on the islands of Galapagos.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

25.

25. Published his book origin of species in 1589 and is considered to be one of the most important scientific work.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

26.

26. His ideas were an example of what is presently called as a thought experiment.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

27.

27. Famous figure in the field of psychology and his method of psychoanalysis is a scientific way to study the human mind and neurotic illness.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

28.

28. Mandatory Education

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

29.

29. Built hydraulics system with sophisticated waterways to supply water to different communities.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

30.

30. Chinampa

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

31.

31. The first suspension bridge.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

32.

32. Roads paved with stones.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

33.

33. Built looms for weaving cloth and devised a rainbow of glittery paints made from mineral mica.

a)

Maya

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

34.

34. Known for manufacturing iron and in metallurgical works.

a)

Indian

b)

Chinese

35.

35. A system of traditional medicine that originated in ancient India.

a)

Quipu

b)

Ayurveda

36.

36. A system of knotted ropes to keep records that only experts can interpret.

a)

Quipu

b)

Ayurveda

37.

37. They invented tools like iron plough, wheelbarrow, propeller, and among others.

a)

Indian

b)

Chinese

38.

38. Gave his name to the concept of the algorithm while the term algebra is derived from al-jabr.

a)

Jabir ibn Hayyan

b)

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

39.

39. Pioneered the science of experimental medicine and was the first physician to conduct clinical trials.

a)

Ibn Sina

b)

Jabir ibn Hayyan

40.

40. The Golden Age of Islam lasted until____________.

a)

13th century

b)

15th century

41.

41. Blessed with natural and mineral resources.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

42.

42. Start of the first industrial revolution.

a)

Ancient Period

b)

Medieval Period

c)

Renaissance Period

43.

43. Rapid spread of knowledge and information.

a)

Ancient Period

b)

Medieval Period

c)

Renaissance Period

44.

44. Age of machine tools and revolutionized travelling.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

19th Century

c)

21st Century

45.

45. Identify the tool/invention above.

a)

Metal Press

b)

Watt steam engine

46.
a)

Metal Press

b)

Watt steam engine

47.

47.

a)

African bone harpoons

b)

Needles

48.

48.

a)

Telescope

b)

Telephone

49.

49. He made a number of observations that finally helped convince

people that the Sun-centered solar system model (the heliocentric model), as

proposed by Copernicus, was correct.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Galileo Galilei

50.

50. He was an American astronomer who, in 1925, was the first to

demonstrate the existence of other galaxies besides the Milky Way, profoundly

changing the way we look at the universe.

a)

Edwin Hubble

b)

Albert Einstein