Big Ideas
The Thinkers
Inventions
Historical Factors
Misc.
100
Technology causes a _____, where events and inventions build on each other stimulating further development.
What is a chain reaction?
100
17-year-old Italian student who discovered the law of the pendulum and tested & proved several other theories.
Who is Galileo Galilee?
100
Two important architectural feats produced by the Romans are the dome and the ____.
What is arch?
100
Muslim achievements preserved many advances that would have otherwise been lost during which European era?
What are the Dark Ages?
100
Industry in which industrialization began.
What is textile?
200
________ is the mother of invention.
What is Necessity?
200
Society known for sophisticated road system.
What is ancient Roman?
200
Structure invented to prevent rampant pillaging.
What is the castle?
200
Natural resources, increasing urban population, and ____ led to British industrialization.
What is small to large farm shift?
200
al-Razi, Lister, and Vesalius all contributed to this area of scientific discovery.
What is medical?
300
Technology has an overall beneficial impact on people's standard of living, also known as their ____________
What is quality of life?
300
Austrian doctor who researched and theorized how the unconscious mind drives how people think and act.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
300
Invention vital to transmission of people, goods, and ideas--especially during the Industrial Revolution.
What is railroads/steam engine?
300
Greater historical event initially fueling Space Race.
What is the Cold War?
300
Benefits of 19th century advances into the Social Sciences.
What is greater understanding of human society and behavior? (specific examples also allowed)
400
Demographic trend that facilitates spread of ideas and technology.
What is urbanization?
400
American inventor who was the first to power a boat with a steam engine.
Who is Robert Fulton?
400
20th century invention that changed the face of modern warfare.
What is the atomic bomb?
400
Countries with less centralized governments experienced industrialization in this way.
What is pocket method or German Model?
400
Technology responsible for revolutionizing communication and access to information.
What is the internet?
500
Three ways the topics we've discussed in this unit connect to your life.
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500
Persian scholar who was the greatest physician of the Muslim world.
Who is al-Razi?
500
Medieval invention similar to a catapult that uses a counterweight to fling projectiles (sometimes dead animals or people)
What is a trebuchet?
500
Inventions like high-speed printing presses and phonographs brought entertainment into the home during the rise of ______.
What is Mass Culture?
500
Four things you use on a daily basis & the invention they would not be possible without.
teacher discretion.