This Greek Mechanism modeled the workings of a screw and gave the ancient Greeks the power to lift water and grain mechanically
What is Archimedes screw
These devices afforded European inventors the ability to translate power, change types of motion and confer mechanical advantages to their machines.
What are gears?
The Roman technological structure that was used as an underground sewer system and is still partially in use today is called what?
What is Cloaca Maxima
This type of Waterwheel used in the Medieval Ages was considered to be the most efficient design
What is Overshot
The name of the 3 pyramids made by advanced technologies in ancient Egypt
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
This technology allowed for an entire river to be diverted away from Tiryns
What is Dam
These structures functioned as open laboratories all over Europe. Allowing inventors and engineers to test new machines and sources of power.
What are cathedrals?
What was the name of the volcanic ash/concrete mix used in Roman buildings such as the Pantheon and what did the Romans use to lighten the load of that building towards the top of the dome?
What is Pozzolana, thinner layers and Amphorae (Roman and Greek poetry)
Which of the following was a common application of the water wheel during the medieval power revolution: Grinding Grain, Bailing Hay, Powering Electric Lights, or Running Treadmills?
What is Grinding Grain
The body of water played a major role in the development of Ancient Egyptian civilization
What is the Nile River?
Technique that allowed for the increase of farming due to land reclamation in the Mycenaen culture by controlling the flow of water
What is Drainage Schemes
What tool was used by the Romans to create the very small gradient of the aqueducts to bring water into their cities from far away?
What is Chorobate
This human-powered crane utilized a design similar to a hamster wheel to raise and lower objects
What is Treadwheel
The farming tool significantly increased the production on Egyptian agriculture.
What is an Ox Drawn plow?
These people built the earliest form of a flush toilet in Knossos using the power of running water to flush waste
Who are the Minoans
What is reversible gearing?
Vesuvius Gate was a type of water filtration system used in Pompeii and other similar filters were used for roman drinking water. What was this called?
What is Castellum aquae
This type of mill was used in areas too flat for water wheels, or without a water source
What is Windmill
This man is known as the founder of Western Philosophy” that helped the growth of Egyptian culture.
Who is Socrates?
This common agricultural technology was used in battle strategies of Greece and Persia by redirecting water
What is Canal
This industry fueled the desire for more complex and effective machines for a myriad of purposes from pumping water and air, smashing rock and fueling fires. They even saw the first iteration of the 'steam' engine.
What is Mining
In many Roman buildings such as the Baths of Caracalla used a system of floor heating that allowed for a hollow space under the floor where fires were set to warm the tiles and was called ______?
What is Hypocaust
This new type of furnace in the Medieval Age allowed for the manufacture of "Pig Iron"
What is Blast Furnace
This invention of the Egyptians was important in enabling them to run a complex government?
What are Heiroglyphics?