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100

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

100

These devices afforded European inventors the ability to translate power, change types of motion and confer mechanical advantages to their machines.

What are gears?

100

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

100

This type of Waterwheel used in the Medieval Ages was considered to be the most efficient design

What is Overshot

100

The name of the 3 pyramids made by advanced technologies in ancient Egypt

What are the Pyramids of Giza?

200

This technology allowed for an entire river to be diverted away from Tiryns

What is Dam

200

These structures functioned as open laboratories all over Europe. Allowing inventors and engineers to test new machines and sources of power.

What are cathedrals?

200

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)

200

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

200

The body of water played a major role in the development of Ancient Egyptian civilization

What is the Nile River?

300

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

300
Power provided by water wheels first saw use performing this work.
What is grinding grain?
300

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

300

This human-powered crane utilized a design similar to a hamster wheel to raise and lower objects

What is Treadwheel

300

The farming tool significantly increased the production on Egyptian agriculture.


What is an Ox Drawn plow?

400

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

400
The mechanism which allowed oxen to hoist loads up and down while traveling in a single direction.

What is reversible gearing?

400

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

400

This type of mill was used in areas too flat for water wheels, or without a water source

What is Windmill

400

This man is known as the founder of Western Philosophy” that helped the growth of Egyptian culture.

Who is Socrates?

500

This common agricultural technology was used in battle strategies of Greece and Persia by redirecting water

What is Canal

500

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

500

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

500

This new type of furnace in the Medieval Age allowed for the manufacture of "Pig Iron"

What is Blast Furnace

500

This invention of the Egyptians was important in enabling them to run a complex government?

What are Heiroglyphics?

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