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WorksheetsHistory of Engineering
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Domestication of animals that allowed the substitution of animal power for human power occurred in what Age?
Stone Age
Middle Age
Iron Age
Information Age
____________ involves the extraction of different metal ores to create a combination of metals called an alloy.
Domestication
Casting
Smelting
Alloy
The printing press, clocks, eyeglasses, and flush toilets were all invented during which Age?
The Information Age
The Renaissance
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age
The steam engine is arguably the most important engineering achievement of the Renaissance.
True
False
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.
True
False
Religion, ceremony, and governments became better organized and more widespread in which time period?
Iron Age
Stone Age
Information Age
Bronze Age
___________ is an object produced or shaped by human craft. (can use the engineering dictionary)
Innovation
Invention
Artifact
Technology
___________ means repeating, cyclical. (can use the engineering dictionary)
Invention
Constraint
Innovation
Iterative
__________ is a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously.(can use the engineering dictionary)
Invention
Technology
Innovation
Artifact
__________ is the practical application of science to commerce or industry. (can use the engineering dictionary)
Invention
Innovation
Iterative
Technology
_________ means limitation or restriction. (can use the engineering dictionary)
Iterative
Constraint
Innovation
Artifact
In 1965, Gordon Moore made an important observation about computer chips: every _____months the capacity of a memory chip _____.
6 / triples
72 -84 / doubles
18-24 / doubles
12-36 / lessens
Identify the time period when humans moved from a nomadic life to an agricultural life
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Middle Ages
This time period that made the computer micro miniaturized (super small).
The industrial Revolution
The 20th Century
Renaissance
The Information Age
The first computer was created and humans started space travel.
The 20th Century
The industrial Revolution
The Information Age
Renaissance
The first airplane was created.
The industrial Revolution
The Information Age
The 20th Century
Renaissance
The first formal engineering education started.
The 20th Century
Industrial Revolution
The Information Age
Renaissance
The time period humans create ships that were used for trade, travel and war.
Middle Ages
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Renaissance
Steam engine was developed and used.
The 20th Century
Renaissance
The Information Age
The industrial Revolution
The time period that Leonardo Da Vinci was alive.
The industrial Revolution
Renaissance
The 20th Century
Middle Age
