TED Unit 2 Review

Question 1

A term that comes from the Latin word "ingeniare", which means to "design or devise".

Accepted Answer

Engineer

Question 2

To understand how people of all times used their skills to innovate and invent we need to study

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The history of technology.

Question 3

The use of the sail and the wheel & axle occurred in which period of human history?

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Mesolithic Age

Question 4

This age in history is known for gathering, manipulating and storing information.

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Information Age

Question 5

The major impact on history of this age is the gradual domestication of plants and animals.

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Mesolitic Age

Question 6

Henry Ford an Industrial Age engineer, changed the world when he created the __________:

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Assembly line

Question 7

Which area has more direct effect on society because it both solves and creates new problems?

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Technology

Question 8

Integrated circuits, computers, digital photography, and satellites are artifacts of which age?

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Information Age

Question 9

A new highway is planned to pass through a historical area. Which type of impact is this?

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Cultural

Question 10

This Industrial Age engineer created a forerunner to the capacitor.

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Pieter van Musschenbroek

Question 11

Anything created by humans to solve problems or extend human capabilities is called:

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Technology

Question 12

What time period falls in between the Industrial Age and the Middle Age?

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Renaissance Age

Question 13

The impacts of this age were urban centers, population growth and better living conditions.

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Industrial Age

Question 14

Stone and mud dwellings and spinning tools are artifacts of which age?:

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Neolithic Age

Question 15

Which historical engineers are known for building pyramids and irrigation systems?

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Egyptians

Question 16

Invention of telescopes and thermometers in the Renaissance Age influenced progress in_____?

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science

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT one of the five impacts of technology we studied?

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Engineering

Question 18

Which historical engineers are known for building catapults and the cross bow?

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Greeks

Question 19

These historical engineers are recognized for inventing paper.

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Middle Age from Arab countries

Question 20

The major impact of this age was the replacement of stone tools with metal ones.

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Bronze Age

Question 21

The pump and the iron axe are artifacts of which age?

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Iron Age

Question 22

The plan for power line crosses a hiking trail and a church. Which type of impact is this?

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Social

Question 23

A manufacturer is adding 75 new jobs to its production facility. Which type of impact is this?

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Economic

Question 24

Electricity and and the radio are artifacts from this age:

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Industrial Age

Question 25

A container for dangerous coal ash leaks into a river. Which type of technology impact is this?

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Environmental

Question 26

This period in human history is characterized by use of the earliest known stone tools:

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Paleolithic Age

Question 27

The major historical impact of this age was military dominance through the use of iron weapons.

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Iron Age

Question 28

The legislature passed a law that would stop disposal of coal ash. What type of impact is this?

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Political

Question 29

What time period falls in between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?

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Mesolithic Age

Question 30

The compass and the water wheel were invented during the:

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Middle Ages

Question 31

Which historical engineers developed clay tablets to document plans for their cities?

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Mesopotamians

Question 32

Very small geometric form tools commonly used in composite tools are called?

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Microliths

Question 33

Which modern device was originally defined by Leonardo DaVinci, a Renaissance engineer?

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Tank

Question 34

This Industrial Age engineer discoverd principles of the battery

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Alessandro Volta

Question 35

The major historical impact of this age was developing a dependable year round food supply:

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Neolithic Age

Question 36

What time period falls in between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?.

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Mesolithic Age

Question 37

This Renaissance engineer was known for being a pivotal figure in the development of physics.

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Galileo

Question 38

The microscope and telescope are artifacts of which age?

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Renaissance Age.

Question 39

The use of fire and bone needles are artifacts of which age?

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Paleolithic Age

Question 40

Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1445 making books cheaper. Name the type of impact.

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Impacts society positively.

Question 41

Advancement in mathematics and science usually results in advancements in this area.

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Technology

Question 42

The term used to describe combining small systems into larger ones is:

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Technological Systems

Question 43

Which device did, James Watts an Industrial Age engineer, make practical for use by humans?

Accepted Answer

Steam Engine

Question 44

A chronological record of significant events is called:

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History

Question 45

Metal pots and metal jewely are artifacts of which age?

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Bronze Age

Question 46

Which historical engineers are known for developing aqueducts and extensive road systems

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Romans

Question 47

The best example of a smaller system being embedded into a larger technological system is ____?

Accepted Answer

The automobile engine

Question 48

These historical engineers are recognized for inventing gunpowder.

Accepted Answer

Middle Age from China

Question 49

What time period falls in between the Bronze Age and the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Iron age

Question 50

Which historical engineers are known for developing algebra and asphalt road coverings?

Accepted Answer

Babylonians

TED Unit 2 Review

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TED Unit 2 Review

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