Lesson 1

Question 1

The study of how social, political, and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovation, and its effects of society

Answer 1

Science and technology studies

Question 2

Refers to the interaction between science and technology and social cultural, political, economic contexts which shape and are shaped by them

Answer 2

Science, technology and society

Question 3

When was the wheel invented

Answer 3

3500 B.C.

Question 4

Who invented the compass and when did they invent it

Answer 4

Between the 9th and 11th century

Question 5

Who invented the printing press

Answer 5

Johannes Gutenberg 1440

Question 6

Century that the internal combustion engine took its modern form

Answer 6

19th

Question 7

This was built by computer scientists working for the US Defense Department

Answer 7

ARPANET

Question 8

Method of data transmission used by ARPANET

Answer 8

Packet switching

Question 9

What are the disadvantages and ethical dilemmas of science and technology

Answer 9

Threats to human survival
Ethical dilemmas
Disparities in Human well being
Social and cultural conflicts
Negative consequences of innovating technologies

Question 10

Where was the first known pottery

Answer 10

Japan 10,000 BC

Question 11

River valley where the first chinese civilization emerged

Answer 11

Huang Ho Valley

Question 12

Contains the Sumerian historical information and culture

Answer 12

Sumerian clay tablet

Question 13

Heavy flat disk made of hardened clay that the sumerians invented

Answer 13

Potter’s wheel

Question 14

Civilization that invented the sailboat

Answer 14

Ancient Mesopotamia

Question 15

First astronomers

Answer 15

Sumerians

Question 16

Counting in units of 60

Answer 16

Sexagesimal system (Sumerians)

Question 17

Developed seed plow and irrigation farming technique

Answer 17

Sumerians

Question 18

Bleaching and dyeing

Answer 18

Sumerians

Question 19

Ancient region bordering the Tigris and Euphrates river

Answer 19

Babylonia

Question 20

First leader of the old Babylonian Empire

Answer 20

Hammurabi

Question 21

Neo Babylonian emperor; constructed the hanging gardens and Isthar gate

Answer 21

Nebuchadnezzar II

Question 22

Civilization that embalmed

Answer 22

Egyptian

Question 23

Egyptian that first devised the 365 day calendar

Answer 23

Imhotep

Question 24

Sirius

Answer 24

Brightest start in the horizon of egypt

Question 25

Who rediscovered the minoan civilization

Answer 25

Arthur evans

Question 26

First link in the european chain

Answer 26

Minoan civilization

Question 27

The capital of Crete

Answer 27

Knossos

Question 28

Civilization that became the central exporter of wine, oil, jewelry, and highly crafted works

Answer 28

Minoan (Cretan)

Question 29

Developed Mediterranean polyculture

Answer 29

Minoan

Question 30

One of the largest eruptions in human history

Answer 30

Theran eruption

Question 31

Country in southern europe located at the crossroads of europe asia and africe. Located at the southernmost tip of the balkan peninsula

Answer 31

Greece