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The overall argument of the author was that

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Civilization and technology are intertwined

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According to the author one of the components necessary for innovation to occur is

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Social Flexibility

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According to the author history of technology is a history told by

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Winners

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According to the author a good example of successful invisible technology was

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Civil service exam in China

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According to the author one of the most important scholars working in Alexandria was

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Euclid

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According to the argument made in class the overall theoretical approach used by Dr. Lebiedowski is

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both internal and external

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Argument made in class regarding Egyptian Civilization was that the Egyptians

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were preoccupied with afterlife

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Social constructivism is mainly associated with

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external approach

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Ziggurat can be best described as

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step pyramid

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Vicus (part of Roman fort) was discussed in class as an example of

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Romanization process

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According to the argument made in class the overall approach of Isaac Newton towards women was

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negative

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According to the argument made in class science can be best described as

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form of technology

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Silk mill in Derby (1722) was discussed in class as an example of modern

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factory

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According to the argument made in class steam engine was introduced during Industrial Revolution to power factories

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False

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According to the argument made in class Archimedes can be best described as self taught genius

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False

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Argument that true knowledge cannot be gained through senses since senses are unreliable best reflects the views of (name of the person)

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Plato

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In 1600 William Gilbert published De Magnete in this book he described the relationship between magnetism and ________________

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electricity

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Anaximander is important because he introduced the ________________ theory

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evolution

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The first scientist to use applied-science was (name of the person)

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Archimedes

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Democritus argued that everything is made from one element which he called the ___________

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Atom

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The Battle of Hastings (in 1066) was important because during this battle the following device was introduced (name of the device)

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stirrup

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Kathleen Lonsdale is important because she was the first female admitted to the (name of the institution)

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Royal Society

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Portsmouth Block Mills are important because they featured first automated ______________ line

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assembly

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John Wilkinson’s cannon boring machine made possible mass-production of (type/name of the engine)

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steam or Watt engine

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After the Black Death linen underwear/clothing was turned into __________________
paper
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Name one achievement or discovery attributed to Archimedes involving gears.
Gearbox (reduction gears)
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Name one astronomical invention attributed to Archimedes.
Mechanical Planetaria
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Name one timekeeping device attributed to Archimedes.
Mechanical clocks
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Name one computing-related invention attributed to Archimedes.
Mechanical computers or Antikythera
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Name a large-scale weapon developed by Archimedes.
Gigantic catapults
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What war device by Archimedes was used to defend Syracuse?
The iron claw
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Name one lifting device attributed to Archimedes.
Crane
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What branch of mathematics is Archimedes credited with contributing to significantly?
Math/calculus
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What energy-based weapon is sometimes attributed to Archimedes?
Death ray or early form of laser
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Name the ancient city where Archimedes lived and applied his inventions.
Syracuse
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Name one type of fluid-moving invention created by Archimedes.
Water pumps
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Name a heat-based mechanical invention attributed to Archimedes.
Steam boiler
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What was the only major negative impact of technology according to the author?
environment
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How did the author describe nuclear energy?
complete technological failure
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Why were pigs important according to the author?
they were used in medicine
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According to the author, In which area did Medieval Europe surpass other civilizations?
measurement of time
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According to the author, What introduced the revolution in transportation in Medieval Europe?
horseshoe and padded horse collar
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According to the author, Isambard King Burnel was/did not
Started transportation revolution, was ahead of his time, failed as an engineer
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Where was the system of 'decentralized innovation' present according to the author?
Europe
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In what realm was the first mass use of paper in China according to the author?
money printing
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According to the author, Why did China not industrialize in the same way Europe did?
lack of copper
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Who established the 'invention factory' according to the author?
Edison
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In Kuhn’s system novelty/anomaly was followed by
crisis
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Scholar who was accused of supporting ideas of Adolf Hitler was
Herbert Butterfield
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Academy of Sciences was funded by
the King
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Work of Marcel Duchamp can be best described as neither
political, military nor scientific
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Neuroanatomy was introduced by
Herophilus
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Flavian Theater is an example of
imperial propaganda
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Transfer of the black powder gun technology took place in the following sequence
Chinese-Mongols-Turks
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According to Thomas Kuhn normal science can be best described as
puzzle solving process
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Four major components required for construction of workable printing press were:
paper, press, fast drying ink and reusable type
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Term Chronometer best refers to
H4
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Compass was initially used by Chinese for
political predictions
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Approach of Empedocles can be best described as
empirical
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Bacon’s methodology included repeatable experiments, public witnessing, reductionism, scientific publications and
objectivity
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Argument that Scientific Revolution took place in physics best reflects theories of
Herbert Butterfield
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Castra Hiberna can be best described as a
Fort
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Nervous system was discovered by
Herophilus
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Argument made in class regarding Tower of Babylon was that the Tower
was built for observation of stars
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In Kuhn’s system normal science was followed by
novelty/anomaly
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Device which represented universe as a machine was named the
Astrarium
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Discovery that nerves originate from the brain was made by
Herophilus
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Escapement mechanism was initially used by neither
aristotle, not heron nor harrison
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Scholar who improved Ptolemy’s system to make it work with the Platonic was
Copernicus
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Philip II
gained control over Greece
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Black Death eliminated
most monks
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The Bent Pyramid is attributed to
Sneferu
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Theory of impetus was investigated by
Herbert Butterfield
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Middle class in Britain would mostly use science to
make money
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Statute of a ‘happy pharaoh’ best reflects the process of
Hellenization
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Roman military system was superior because
it provided continuous supply of fresh troops
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Argument that observation leads to logic and logic leads to knowledge best reflects approach of
Aristotle
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Babylonians produced earliest
medical texts
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Term ‘fertile crescent’ refers to
Mesopotamia
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Initially cannons
had no impact on the battlefields
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Argument that nothing exists except atoms and empty space best reflects ideas of
Democritus
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Flavian Theater was built by
Vespasian
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Linen fibers were used to produce
paper
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The Royal Society of London was
privately funded
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According to theories of which scholar should John Harrison be considered a scientist/supreme artisan?
Edgar Zilsel
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Declination was used to determine what?
Latitude
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What was the largest public structure of antiquity?
Circus Maximus
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The argument that the brain is a source of intelligence and control system of the body best reflects theories of whom?
Herophilus
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Who established the House of Wisdom?
Al-Mamun
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In Kuhn’s system emergence of a new paradigm was followed by
new normal science
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Argument that senses cannot be used for observation since everything we see is an illusion was made by
Parmenides
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Overall the Syracusia was
too large to be useful
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The most elaborate architectural order used by the Romans was the
Corinthian Order
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Argument that fundamental reality can be understood and expressed only by mathematics best reflects theories of
Pythagoras
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Bronze is an alloy of
tin and copper
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Overall Egyptian pyramids
were all looted
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Water clocks were used to
measure pulse rate
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Imhotep was a
minister
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The ‘death ray’ of Archimedes
destroyed some roman ships
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Argument made in class in relation to Çatalhöyük was that it
oldest preserved town
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The first mechanical clock which could adapt to various climatic conditions was the
H1
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Argument that there is no change and everything stays the same was made by
Parmenides
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Abul-Abbas relates to
clock
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Scholar who was accused of being communist was
Edgar Zilsel
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First archeological evidence of standardization of housing and construction comes from
Çatalhöyük
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Eratosthenes was
director of the great library
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The famous Emperor who covered Rome with marble was
Octavian
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Antikythera can be best described as the
oldest mechanical computer
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The first printed book in China with movable type was the
Diamond Sutra
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In Kuhn’s system established science was followed by
normal science
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Argument that true knowledge cannot be gained through senses since senses are unreliable best reflects theories of
Plato
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Sumerian civilization collapsed because of
internal strive/decay
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According to the author, a good example of successful invisible technology was
Civil service exam in China
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According to the author, the term 'technique' was introduced by
Jacques Ellul
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According to the author, Greek and Roman empires were unique because
They were not based on river systems
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According to the author, the Middle East was opened to major trade routes thanks to
Conquest of Alexander the Great
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According to the author, the Greeks depended heavily on
Slave labour
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According to the author, Western mathematics was based on work of
Euclid
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According to the author, one of the inventions that made construction of Rome possible was
Arch
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Kitab al Hiyal or Book of Ingenious Devices is attributed to
Banu Musa brothers
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Argument made by Lynn White regarding importance of stirrup is
Technologically deterministic
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Comitatus was a major component of
Feudalism
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The first major sector to use industrialization was
Textile industry
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Richard Arkwright is a great example of
Self made man
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Ralph Mather can be best described as a person who
Objected industrialization
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according to the author the truck system used during Industrial Revolution was
A form of exploitation of the workers
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Robert Owen can be best described as
Philanthropist
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The New Lanark mill can be best described as a
Commercial success
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Overall Robert Owen promoted
Free education for the workers
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The success of the black ships in 1853 in Japan is an example of
Technological inequality
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Charles Goodyear was
Financially unsuccessful
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Work of Wheatstone and Cooke was important for the development of
Communication technologies
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The idea that modern cities are a kind of machine best reflects ideas of
Jane Jacobs
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The work of Wheatstone and Cooke was important for the development of
Communication technologies
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The idea that modern cities are a kind of machine best reflects ideas of
Jane Jacobs
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The idea that history and tradition do not matter best reflects the views of
Henry Ford
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Colossus can be best described as
Early computer
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The work of Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, and Otto Robert Frisch was important for the development of
Nuclear fission

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