MODERN TIMES Flashcards
1
Q
already been developed but the modern times required more faster way to compute more complicated equations
A
Calculator
2
Q
- more people got connected by trade and exploration, the more they needed a way to easily maintain these connections and communicate with each other in real time.
- important day-to-day decisions must be discussed and addressed at the fastest time possible.
A
Telephone
3
Q
the development of the telephone by ____ was one of the most important inventions at that time.
A
Alexander Graham Bell
4
Q
- the modern times demanded better means of powering homes and transportation. at first, people used animal oils for generating light to illuminate their homes.
- widely used in powering automobiles, factories, and power plants, among others.
A
petroleum refinery
5
Q
Kerosene was later on referred to as the ___ because it was used at first to provide lighting to homes.
A
illuminating oil
6
Q
a French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist, invented pasteurization, the process of heating dairy products to kill the harmful bacteria that allow them to spoil faster.
A
Louis Pasteur
7
Q
the process of heating dairy products to kill the harmful bacteria that allow them to spoil faster.
A
pasteurization
8
Q
- booming world population during the nineteenth century onwards demanded that more goods be produced at a faster rate.
- faced more complicated problems. Food processing and medicine posed some of the bigger challenges since health was of great concern.
A
Modern Times
9
Q
4 inventions in Modern Times
A
- Pasteurization
- Telephone
- Calculator
- Petroleum Refinery
