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Technology and Humanity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the Anthropological perspective mean?

a)

A wider view of the meaning and essence of technology

b)

A Practical view of technology in terms of its relationship with other aspects of culture and society

c)

A System that is constructed by society evolving through technology

2.

What does the Philosophical Perspective mean?

a)

A wider view of the meaning and essence of technology

b)

A Practical view of technology in terms of its relationship with other aspects of culture and society

c)

A Practice that is present in a society in constructing Technology and Humanity

3.

"Whatever exist has a cause", who was the philosopher that said this?

a)

Martin Heidegger

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

4.

What were the four causes that Aristotle explained?

a)

Material

Formal

Efficient

Final

b)

Physical

Spiritual

Mental

Scientific

c)

Exterior Layer

Interior Layer

Structure

Foundation

5.

What is the Greek word for technology?

a)

Techne

b)

Technologia

c)

Teknolohiya

d)

Tecne

6.

Who brings technology into existence?

a)

Society

b)

Humanity

c)

Evolution

d)

Inventors

7.

Who was the philosopher that has said, "Technology is inseparable from the human condition"

a)

Martin Heidegger

b)

Julian Steward

c)

Leslie White

d)

Bryan Pfaffenberger

8.

"From nothing to something, from concealment to unconcealment", who is the philosopher that said this?

a)

Martin Heidegger

b)

Julian Steward

c)

Leslie White

d)

Bryan Pfaffenberger

9.

What were the two types that Aristotle mentioned bringing-forth?

a)

Bringing-Forth in-itself

Bringing Forth in-another

b)

Bringing-Forth in-Self

Bringing Forth in-One

c)

Bringing-Forth in-Physically

Bringing Forth in-Mentally

d)

Bringing-Forth in-Technology

Bringing Forth in-Humanity

10.

Which one is not a modern pioneering Anthropologist?

a)

Julian Steward

b)

Thomas Hughe

c)

Leslie White

d)

Bryan Pfaffenberger

e)

None of the Above

11.

What is Cultural Ecology

a)

The study of human adaptations to social and physical environments.

b)

The study of human evolution in both to social and physical in adapting to the environment

c)

The study of human practices of technology in both social and Physical Environment

12.

"Was the doorway between the natural world and human civilization and culture." Which Anthropologist said this?

a)

Thomas Hughe

b)

Julian Steward

c)

Bryan Pfaffenberger

d)

Leslie White

13.

"Culture is a kind of behavior that is a manifestation of energy".Which Anthropologist emphasized this?

a)

Martin Heidegger

b)

Julian Steward

c)

Leslie White

d)

Bryan Pfaffenberger

14.

What is Ethnocentrism?

a)

One that sees other cultures as inferior on the basis of another culture.

b)

One that sees a culture based on its context and how it functions for the society during a specific time or place.

c)

Superiority Complex

d)

All of the Above

15.

What is Cultural Relativism

a)

One that sees other cultures as inferior on the basis of another culture.

b)

One that sees a culture based on its context and how it functions for the society during a specific time or place.

c)

Diversity

d)

All of the Above

16.

Standing-Reserve (Bestand) means?

a)

Human being becomes a mere cog in the machine, waiting to be unlocked, transformed, stored, distributed, switched.

b)

It is a way of revealing which holds sway in the essence of modern technology and which is itself nothing technological.

c)

A Modern technology that is intimately connected to modern physics

d)

A Reserved knowledge that is stocked and can be collected and used when demanded

17.

What is Enframing (Gestell)?

a)

Human being becomes a mere cog in the machine, waiting to be unlocked, transformed, stored, distributed, switched.

b)

It is a way of revealing which holds sway in the essence of modern technology and which is itself nothing technological.

c)

A Modern technology that is an essence and knowledge accumulated from humanity

d)

An essence of technology or an idea

18.

What is Cultural Relativism

a)

One that sees other cultures as inferior on the basis of another culture.

b)

One that sees a culture based on its context and how it functions for the society during a specific time or place.

c)

Diversity

d)

All of the Above

19.

What is Cultural Evolution

a)

A Theory based on humanities practice in technology and society

b)

An evolutionary theory of social change is cultural evolution

c)

A tudy of human practices of technology in both social and Physical Environment

20.

"Those who want to develop new technologies should be concerned not only with techniques and artifacts. Instead, they must also be concerned with the social, economic, legal, scientific and political contexts of technology."

a)

Thomas Hughe

b)

Julian Steward

c)

Bryan Pfaffenberger

d)

Leslie White