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HISTORICAL ANTECENDENTS Flashcards

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credited for designing and successfully operating the first engine-powered aircraft

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Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright

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one of the most critical drivers on the revolution

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Jacquard Loom

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Modern Ages

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Compound Microscope
Telescope
Jacquard Loom
Engine-Powered Airplane
Television

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4
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Chinese alchemists accidentally invented black this

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Gunpowder

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5
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Papyrus is made from the pith of the papyrus plant ______________

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cyperus papyrus

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a heavy flat disk made of hardened clay which was spun horizontally on an axis.

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potter’s wheel

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7
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Variety of ketchup (ingredients)

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Mashed Potato
Sugar
Vinegar
Spices

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coming before in time; prior; previous; preceding

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antecedent

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9
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Inventions by Filipino Scientists

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Electronic-Jeepney (E-jeepney)
Erythromycin
Medical Incubator
Mole Remover
Banana Ketchup

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10
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a local invention that had the ability to easily remove moles and warts on the skin without the need for any surgical procedure shot to fame

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Mole Remover

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used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes.

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Antikythera mechanism

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12
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the one who first used the telescope skyward and made the important astronomical discoveries, and identified the presence of crater s and mountains on the moon

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Galileo Galilei

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13
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ancient precursor of the steam engine

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Aeolipile

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14
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People from ancient civilizations used animals for transportation long before the invention of the wheel.

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Ancient Wheel

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simplifies textile manufacturing

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Jacquard Loom

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16
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Gunpowder might have been an unintended byproduct of attempts made by the Chinese to invent the elixir of life, which is why the Chinese called it _______, roughly translated as _____________

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huoyao; fire potion

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17
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Middle Ages Invention

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Heavy Plough
Gunpowder
Paper Money
Mechanical Clock
Spinning Wheel

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Towards the end of the 13th century, the most explosive invention crept into most parts of Europe and Asia.

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Gunpowder

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He was credited for the invention of a local mole remover that made use of extracts of _______________

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Rolando dela Cruz; cashew nuts (Annacardium occidentale)

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20
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Necessity is literally the mother of invention.

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Plato

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21
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Baird successfully:

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televised objects in outline -1924
recognizable human faces - 1925
moving objects - 1926
projected colored images - 1928

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22
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The e-jeepney was introduced in

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Metro Manila and Bacolod City

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23
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precursor to the unfolding or existence of something

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antecedent

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24
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Ancient people are concerned with the following: (8)

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Transportation and Navigation
Communication
Security and Protection
Health
Architecture and Engineering
Mass Production
Aesthetic
Record Keeping

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25
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stirred an agricultural revolution in Northern Europe marked by higher and healthier agricultural yields and more efficient agricultural practices

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Heavy Plough

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26
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roughly around 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians began writing on ____________, a material similar to thick paper.

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papyrus

27
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designed and improvised from scratch out of military jeeps that the Americans left in the country after World War II

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Electronic Jeepney

28
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invention of block printing; which is similar to stamping

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Paper Money

29
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first woman pediatrician to be admitted to the prestigious Harvard University’s School of Medicine

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Fe del Mundo

30
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The Scotish engineer __________ is largely credited for the invention of the modern television.

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John Logie Baird

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It is theorized that the _______ invented the spinning wheel between 6th and 11th century AD

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Indians

32
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Aguilar was not credited for the discovery of the erythromycin by __________

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Eli Lilli Co

33
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Orosa’s banana ketchup is ___________ but it was dyed red to resemble the color of the most loved tomato ketchup

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brownish-yellow

34
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The E-Jeepney was designed to be:

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environmentally-friendly
eliminating noise and air pollution
economical

35
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hand-operated device used for lifting water

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shadoof/shaduf

36
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A Filipino pediatrician and national scientist ___________ credited for the incubator and jaundice relieving device

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Fe del Mundo

37
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who invented the potter’s wheel?

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Summerians

38
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The professor who described the impact of the invention of the heavy plough?

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Professor Thomas Bernebeck Andersen

39
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steam-powered turbine which spun when water container as its center was heated

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Aeolipile

40
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believed to be an ancient precursor of more sophisticated irrigation tools

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Shadoof/shaduf

41
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Before the invention of paper money, precious metals, such as _______________ were used as currency

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Gold and Silver

42
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most important technological invention in the study of astronomy during the Modern Ages

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Telescope

43
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Filipino technologist who is credited for the invention of banana ketchup

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Maria Orosa

44
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paved the way for inaccurately keeping track of time

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Mechanical Clock

45
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it was criticized for its fuzzy and flickering images

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Television

46
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drastically changed the way days were spent and work patterns were established, particularly in the more advanced Middle Age cities

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Mechanical Clock

47
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Ancient Period Inventions

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Ancient Wheel
Paper
Shadoof/Shaduf
Antikythera mechanism
Aeolipile

48
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An Ilonggo scientist ________ invented this antibiotic out of a strain of bacterium

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Abelardo Aguilar

49
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the practical telescope was invented by

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Galileo Galilei

50
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the first people to use or were credited for the demonstration of the use of the aeolipile during the 1st century AD

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Hero of Alexandria

51
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It was invented at the backdrop of World War II when there was a huge shortage of tomatoes

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Banana Ketchup

52
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led to an amazing discovery that an object, when placed near the end of the tube, can be magnified near far larger than what a simple magnifying lens can do

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compound microscope

53
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an early tool invented and used by ancient Egyptians to irrigate land

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shadoof/shaduf

54
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that strain of bacterium is called

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Streptomyces erythreus

55
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one of the oldest known antecedents of modern clockwork, was invented by Greek scientists between 150-100 BC

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Antikythera mechanism

56
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Aeolipile is also known as the

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Hero’s engine

57
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machine used for transforming fiber into thread or yarn and eventually woven into cloth on a loom

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Spinning Wheel

58
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a mechanism similar to a mantel clock

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Antikythera mechanism

59
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first one to introduce or attempt to use paper money in the Middle East market

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Mongols

60
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Jacquard loom was built by French weaver

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Joseph Marie Jacquard

61
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their pioneering success marked an age of powered flights

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Engine-Powered Airplane

62
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It was not until 17th century that bank notes began to be used in Europe, the first known versions of ___________

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Paper Money

63
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it became possible to harness clay soil

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Heavy Plough

64
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A Dutch spectacle maker named ____________ is credited for the invention of the first compound microscope in 1590

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Zacharias Janssen

MST 112 (12 decks)

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