Stone Age
What are the three Stone ages and what do they mean?
Paleolithic (Old stone)
Mesolithic (Middle stone)
Neolithic (New stone)
Was the windmill, manuscripts, and printing press made in this era?
Not all of them- only the windmill and printing press
Give one example of an artifact that was made in this era.
Telescope, microscope, or thermometer?
What is the time period of the industrial age?
A: 1890 AD- 1970 AD
B: 1750 AD- 1950 AD
C: 1650 AD- 1890 AD
D: 1730 AD- 1880 AD
B: 1750 AD- 1950 AD
When did the time period for the information age start?
1950 AD
What made the Paleolithic age so important?
It improved diet and enhanced population growth for early humans.
True or False: Some artifacts that were made during this era was mechanical clocks and compasses
True
Who are the two main examples of Engineering design in the renaissance era?
Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei
Name at least 5 out of the 7 artifacts made.
Electricity, automobile, airplane, radio, television, telephone, and rocket
Electricity was made in the information age: True or False
False
What made the Mesolithic age important?
The domestication of animals and agriculture lead to settlement.
Which of the three middle ages was the worst? Early, High, or Late?
Late Middle Ages
Leonardo da Vinci designed what three things?
Weapons, Buildings, and Machinery
Who is not an example of engineering design of the industrial age: Henry Ford, Alessandro Volta, James Watt, Galileo Galilei, or Pieter van Musschenbroek?
Galileo Galilei
True or False: Integrated circuits were made in the industrial age.
False
What engineering accomplishments happened during the Neolithic Age?
Mesopotamian built clay tablets to document irrigation systems.
Babylonian engineers used algebra for land excavations calculations.
Egyptians built the pyramids using engineering design.
What was the printing press used for during the middle ages?
To share information and knowledge
Galileo Galilei made an innovation to what artifact?
telescope (+astronomical observations)
What did Alessandro Volta discover?
The principles for a battery
Name at least two artifacts from this time period.
Integrated circuit, computer, nuclear power, or digital camera.
Name an artifact from each age?
Paleolithic Age - Stone axes, bone needles, hearth sites
Mesolithic Age - Leatherwork, fishing tackle, stone circles
Neolithic Age - Spinning/weaving tools, stone plows, sickles
Name one of the middle ages and what happened during the time?
Early- increased pressure from invasion lead to depopulation and de-urbanization
High- the beginning of feudalism, population increase, and agricultural innovation
Late- famine, plague and war, often marked by the Black Death
What impact did this era have on history?
scientists were able to observe (and quantify) natural phenomenon
What created the rise of professionals, population expansion, and improved standard of living?
Economic expansion
What happened during this era?
More information was able to be widely spread which caused information sharing, gathering, manipulation, and retrieval of information; Increasing number of people will be empowered