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History of Engineering

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Domestication of animals that allowed the substitution of animal power for human power occurred in what Age?

a)

Stone Age

b)

Middle Age

c)

Iron Age

d)

Information Age

2.

____________ involves the extraction of different metal ores to create a combination of metals called an alloy.

a)

Domestication

b)

Casting

c)

Smelting

d)

Alloy

3.

The printing press, clocks, eyeglasses, and flush toilets were all invented during which Age?

a)

The Information Age

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Bronze Age

d)

The Iron Age

4.

The steam engine is arguably the most important engineering achievement of the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The 20th century occurred in the late 1970s to early Present, had digital take over analog, and had a shift from industrialization to an economy based on information.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Religion, ceremony, and governments became better organized and more widespread in which time period?

a)

Iron Age

b)

Stone Age

c)

Information Age

d)

Bronze Age

7.

___________ is an object produced or shaped by human craft. (can use the engineering dictionary)

a)

Innovation

b)

Invention

c)

Artifact

d)

Technology

8.

___________ means repeating, cyclical. (can use the engineering dictionary)

a)

Invention

b)

Constraint

c)

Innovation

d)

Iterative

9.

__________ is a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously.(can use the engineering dictionary)

a)

Invention

b)

Technology

c)

Innovation

d)

Artifact

10.

__________ is the practical application of science to commerce or industry. (can use the engineering dictionary)

a)

Invention

b)

Innovation

c)

Iterative

d)

Technology

11.

_________ means limitation or restriction. (can use the engineering dictionary)

a)

Iterative

b)

Constraint

c)

Innovation

d)

Artifact

12.

In 1965, Gordon Moore made an important observation about computer chips: every _____months the capacity of a memory chip _____.

a)

6 / triples

b)

72 -84 / doubles

c)

18-24 / doubles

d)

12-36 / lessens

13.

Identify the time period when humans moved from a nomadic life to an agricultural life

a)

Stone Age

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Iron Age

d)

Middle Ages

14.

This time period that made the computer micro miniaturized (super small).

a)

The industrial Revolution

b)

The 20th Century

c)

Renaissance

d)

The Information Age

15.

The first computer was created and humans started space travel.

a)

The 20th Century

b)

The industrial Revolution

c)

The Information Age

d)

Renaissance

16.

The first airplane was created.

a)

The industrial Revolution

b)

The Information Age

c)

The 20th Century

d)

Renaissance

17.

The first formal engineering education started.

a)

The 20th Century

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Information Age

d)

Renaissance

18.

The time period humans create ships that were used for trade, travel and war.

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Iron Age

d)

Renaissance

19.

Steam engine was developed and used.

a)

The 20th Century

b)

Renaissance

c)

The Information Age

d)

The industrial Revolution

20.

The time period that Leonardo Da Vinci was alive.

a)

The industrial Revolution

b)

Renaissance

c)

The 20th Century

d)

Middle Age