Historical Antecedents

Question 1

In this time period people were concerned with transportation and navigation, communication, and record keeping etc.

Answer 1

ANCIENT TIMES

Question 2

Significant during ancient times because people were trying to go places and discover new horizons

Answer 2

TRANSPORTATION

Question 3

Assisted them during their journeys to unfamiliar and strange areas in the world during ancient times

Answer 3

NAVIGATION

Question 4

Was also essential in their endeavors to discover and occupy new places.

Answer 4

COMMUNICATION

Question 5

Was also important since they needed to remember the places they had been to and document the trades they made with each other

Answer 5

RECORD-KEEPING

Question 6

Where is sumeria located?

Answer 6

On the southernmost tip of mesopotamia

Question 7

What are sumerians known for

Answer 7

They are known for their high degree of cooperation and their desire for great things

Question 8

First writing system (word pictures and triangular symbols)

Answer 8

CUNEIFORM

Question 9

First true city in the world

Answer 9

URUK CITY

Question 10

What is Uruk city made of

Answer 10

Mud/clay

Question 11

Mountain of God
Sacred place of their chief God
Only priest are allowed to enter

Answer 11

THE GREAT ZIGGURAT OF UR

Question 12

What is the great ziggurat of ur made of

Answer 12

sun baked bricks

Question 13

Sumerian religion

Answer 13

POLYTHEISM

Question 14

The central temples known as ___ were not only religious but also administrative and economic hubs

Answer 14

ZIGGURATS

Question 15

The central temples known as ___ were not only religious but also administrative and economic hubs

Answer 15

ZIGGURATS

Question 16

Were essential in transportation and trading as well as in fostering culture, information, and technology

Answer 16

SAILBOATS

Question 17

Made for farm work and food processes

Answer 17

WHEEL

Question 18

A seed sowing machine that could plant seeds more quickly and evenly than sowing by hand

Answer 18

THE PLOW

Question 19

It was built to transport the mighty armies of mesopotamia

Answer 19

ROADS

Question 20

Were one of the wonders of the ancient world listed by hellenic culture. Described as a remarkable feat of engineering

Answer 20

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

Question 21

Was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt

Answer 21

PAPER OR PAPYRUS

Question 22

Ancient Egyptians distinctive script

Answer 22

HIEROGLYPHICS

Question 23

They signaled high rank in ancient Egypt

Answer 23

WIGS

Question 24

Is a timepiece by which time is regulated flow of liquid into or out of a vessel

Answer 24

WATER CLOCK/ CLEPSYDRA

Question 25

Plato was believed to have utilized this to signal the start of his lecture

Answer 25

ALARM CLOCK

Question 26

Commonly used in agricultural processes like milling of grains which was a necessary form of processing during greek civilization

Answer 26

WATER MILLING

Question 27

Contained announcements of the roman empire to the people

Answer 27

NEWSPAPER

Question 28

Julius Caesar started the tradition of stacking up papyrus to form pages of a book

Answer 28

BOUNDBOOKS OR CODEX

Question 29

One of the things that connected far east china to the world

Answer 29

SILK

Question 30

Is a beverage produced by pouring hot or boiling water over dried or crushed tea leaves

Answer 30

TEA PRODUCTION

Question 31

Largest and most extensive infrastructures that the nation built. Built by Shi Huang Ti

Answer 31

GREAT WALL OF CHINA

Question 32

Is widely used to propel bullets from guns and cannons

Answer 32

GUNPOWDER

Question 33

Invented to address the need for publishing books that would spread information to many people at a faster rate

Answer 33

PRINTING PRESS

Question 34

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM ANCIENT TIMES

Answer 34

TRANSPORTATION NAVIGATION COMMUNICATION RECORD-KEEPING CONSERVATION OF LIFE

Question 35

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION (11)

Answer 35

CUNEIFORM URUK CITY THE GREAT ZIGGURAT OF UR POLYTHEISM TEMPLES IRRIGATION AND DIKES SAILBOATS WHEEL THE PLOW ROADS HANGING GARDEN OF BABYLON

Question 36

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION (7)

Answer 36

PAPER OR PAPYRUS INK HIEROGLYPHICS COSMETICS PERFUMES WIGS WATER CLOCK/CLEPSYDRA

Question 37

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION (7)

Answer 37

PAPER OR PAPYRUS INK HIEROGLYPHICS COSMETICS PERFUMES WIGS WATER CLOCK/CLEPSYDRA

Question 38

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM GREEK CIVILIZATION (6)

Answer 38

ALARM CLOCK WATER MILL NEWSPAPER BOUND BOOKS/CODEX ROMAN ARCHITECTURE ROMAN NUMERALS

Question 39

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM CHINESE CIVILIZATION (4)

Answer 39

SILK TEA PRODUCTION GREAT WALL OF CHINA GUNPOWDER

Question 40

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM MEDIEVAL/MIDDLE AGES (4)

Answer 40

PRINTING PRESS MICROSCOPE TELESCOPE WAR WEAPONS

Question 41

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM MODERN TIMES (3)

Answer 41

PASTEURIZATION TELEPHONE CALCULATOR

Question 42

WHAT ARE THE INVENTIONS FROM PHILIPPINES

Answer 42

SALAMANDER AMPHIBIOUS TRICYCLE SALT LAMP MOSQUITO TRAP SYSTEM

Question 43

The Sumerians established several independent city-states, including

Answer 43

Ur, Uruk, and Lagash

Question 44

who are the three major deities in sumerian civilization

Answer 44

Anu (the sky god), Enlil (god of wind and storms), and Inanna (goddess of love and war).

Question 45

The first newspapers, known as

Answer 45

gazettes

Question 46

he started the tradition of stacking up papyrus to form pages of a book

Answer 46

Julius Caesar

Question 47

who built the great wall of china

Answer 47

Shi Huang Ti

Question 48

he was able to invent the printing press, a more reliable way of printing using cast type.

Answer 48

Johann Guttenberg

Question 49

he was able to develop the first compound microscope.

Answer 49

Zacharias Janssen

Question 50

a French biologist , microbiologist and chemist invented pasteurization.

Answer 50

Louis Pasteur

Question 51

he was able to invent kerosene by refining petroleum.

Answer 51

Samuel M. Kier

Question 52

The development of the telephone by

Answer 52

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 53

Sustainable Alternative Lightning (SALT lamp) Invented by a Filipina named

Answer 53

Aisa Mijeno

Question 54

a Filipino pediatrician and the first Asian woman admitted into Harvard Medical School, devised a medical incubator made from indigenous and cheap materials which did not run on electricity.

Answer 54

Dr. Fe del Mundo