Evolution of Technology
Who Did It?
Time Periods
Historical Engineers
Vocabulary
100
This age saw improved magnetic compasses, telescopes, hydraulic presses, calculators, and modern architecture.
What is the Renaissance Age
100
He made the major invention during the Middle Ages: The printing press.
Who is Johann Gutenberg.
100
When cotton and silk were manufactured
What is AD 1 -1000
100
He constructed a reflecting telescope.
Who is Isaac Newton
100
Humans using objects to change the natural and human made environments.
What is technology.
200
Stone tools were the way to go and finally they had heat at night.
What is the Stone Age.
200
This person's improvements revolutionized both the manufacturing process and the transportation system.
Who is James Watt.
200
The typewriter is perfected
What is 1825 - 1875
200
He created what would replace the abacus.
Who is Leibniz
200
"The profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with judgment to develop ways to use, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind."
What is ABET's Definition of Engineering
300
The age begins around 3000 BC
What is the Bronze Age
300
The inventor of the cotton gin and the development of a system to create interchangeable parts.
Who is Eli Whitney
300
MP3 audio format traded widely through computer servers
What is 1990 - present
300
Without his invention, cars wouldn't be able to "gas up".
Who is Gottlieb Daimler
300
In the time BC, most items needed were built using this.
What is trial and error
400
This age started in England around 1750 and came to America around the later 1700's.
What is the Industrial Revolution
400
This country developed the first system of writing - a major part in engineering.
Who is Mesopotamia
400
Rubber is hardened by sulfur by Goodyear in the United States.
What is 1825 - 1875
400
Without him, BMW and Porche might not have any competition.
Who is Karl Benz
400
People and accomplishments that help to create new futures and understand what good qualities are worth repeating.
What is history
500
The age when we moved from raising food and fiber to a an age where people worked in manufacturing.
What is the Information Age
500
Discovered the law that states for every action by a force there is an equal and opposite reaction by another force.
Who is Isaac Newton
500
The first nuclear bombs are tested.
What is 1925 - 1950
500
This person formed a society of engineers in London which later became known as this. (2 part answer)
Who is Charles II The Royal Society
500
This promotes the advancement of science.
What is the technological process
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