Exam 3: Exploring the Impact and Evolution of Technology

A paper mill was established in …………..in the 12th century.

………….concept of three major stages of social evolution (savagery, barbarism, and civilization) can be divided by technological milestones, such as fire, the bow, and pottery in the savage era, domestication of animals, agriculture, and metalworking in the barbarian era and the alphabet and writing in the civilization era.

Paper making technology was spread to Mediterranean by the ……………….conquests.

………….credited the spinning wheel with increasing the supply of rags, which led to cheap paper, which was a factor in the development of printing.

For ……………"the primary functions of culture" is to "harness and control energy".

The ……………..allows us to input personal information online for practically anyone to see.

During …………………period, polished stone tools were made from a variety of hard rocks such as flint, jade, jadeite and greenstone.

Ancient India was at the forefront of seafaring technology-a panel found at…………….., depicts a sailing craft.

The sailing ship (Nau or Carrack) enabled the Age of Exploration with the European colonization of the Americas, epitomized by ………………..New Atlantis.

………….. were used in the early machines of Pascal, Thomas, and the production versions from firms such as Brundsviga, Monroe, etc