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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Chinese alchemists accidentally invented black this

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Gunpowder

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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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Inventions by Filipino Scientists

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

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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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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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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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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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stirred an agricultural revolution in Northern Europe marked by higher and healthier agricultural yields and more efficient agricultural practices
Heavy Plough
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roughly around 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians began writing on ____________, a material similar to thick paper.
papyrus
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designed and improvised from scratch out of military jeeps that the Americans left in the country after World War II
Electronic Jeepney
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invention of block printing; which is similar to stamping
Paper Money
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first woman pediatrician to be admitted to the prestigious Harvard University's School of Medicine
Fe del Mundo
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The Scotish engineer __________ is largely credited for the invention of the modern television.
John Logie Baird
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It is theorized that the _______ invented the spinning wheel between 6th and 11th century AD
Indians
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Aguilar was not credited for the discovery of the erythromycin by __________
Eli Lilli Co
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Orosa's banana ketchup is ___________ but it was dyed red to resemble the color of the most loved tomato ketchup
brownish-yellow
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The E-Jeepney was designed to be:
environmentally-friendly eliminating noise and air pollution economical
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hand-operated device used for lifting water
shadoof/shaduf
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A Filipino pediatrician and national scientist ___________ credited for the incubator and jaundice relieving device
Fe del Mundo
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who invented the potter's wheel?
Summerians
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The professor who described the impact of the invention of the heavy plough?
Professor Thomas Bernebeck Andersen
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steam-powered turbine which spun when water container as its center was heated
Aeolipile
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believed to be an ancient precursor of more sophisticated irrigation tools
Shadoof/shaduf
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Before the invention of paper money, precious metals, such as _______________ were used as currency
Gold and Silver
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most important technological invention in the study of astronomy during the Modern Ages
Telescope
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Filipino technologist who is credited for the invention of banana ketchup
Maria Orosa
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paved the way for inaccurately keeping track of time
Mechanical Clock
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it was criticized for its fuzzy and flickering images
Television
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drastically changed the way days were spent and work patterns were established, particularly in the more advanced Middle Age cities
Mechanical Clock
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Ancient Period Inventions
Ancient Wheel Paper Shadoof/Shaduf Antikythera mechanism Aeolipile
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An Ilonggo scientist ________ invented this antibiotic out of a strain of bacterium
Abelardo Aguilar
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the practical telescope was invented by
Galileo Galilei
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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
Hero of Alexandria
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It was invented at the backdrop of World War II when there was a huge shortage of tomatoes
Banana Ketchup
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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
compound microscope
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an early tool invented and used by ancient Egyptians to irrigate land
shadoof/shaduf
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that strain of bacterium is called
Streptomyces erythreus
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one of the oldest known antecedents of modern clockwork, was invented by Greek scientists between 150-100 BC
Antikythera mechanism
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Aeolipile is also known as the
Hero's engine
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machine used for transforming fiber into thread or yarn and eventually woven into cloth on a loom
Spinning Wheel
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a mechanism similar to a mantel clock
Antikythera mechanism
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first one to introduce or attempt to use paper money in the Middle East market
Mongols
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Jacquard loom was built by French weaver
Joseph Marie Jacquard
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their pioneering success marked an age of powered flights
Engine-Powered Airplane
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It was not until 17th century that bank notes began to be used in Europe, the first known versions of ___________
Paper Money
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it became possible to harness clay soil
Heavy Plough
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A Dutch spectacle maker named ____________ is credited for the invention of the first compound microscope in 1590
Zacharias Janssen