Lesson 1 Flashcards
Systematized body of knowledge
Science
Observing +Measuring + Experimenting+ Testing
Scientific method
Which study natural phenomena (including biological life)
Natural science
Study human behavior and societies
Social sciences
-applied in science
-it is developed as a result of scientific discoveries
Technology
Large grouping that shares the same territory and is a subject to the same political authority dominant cultural expectations
Society
•emerged c. 3,500 BC in the southern region of Mesopotamia (present day Iraq.)
•They rely on agriculture as the primary source of livelihood
•Created irrigation system by constructing dikes and canals to control flooding.
•Built large structures from sun-dried bricks made of Clay.
•invented the wheel, sail, and plow improving trade and farming.
•Forged bronze from Copper and tin (around 3,000 BC) allowing for stronger tools and weapons.
•Credited for developing the first formal writing system called “cuneiform”
•Introduced a 360-day calendar
•Developed the sexagesimal number system of counting in units and intervals of sixty(60) which served as the basis for graduating the circumference of a circle to 360 degrees and the sixty minutes equal graduationsbto an hour duration in time.
Sumerian civilization (Ancient Times)
•Spans from about 3,500 BC until 500 BC located in the border of the famous Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Iraq.
•Likewise dig canals and developed earthen dikes to irrigate their crops and provide water to their livestock.
•adopted the Sumerian sexagesimal system.
•Babylonians astronomers compiled lists of planets and stars.
Babylonian Civilization (Ancient times)
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Historians noted that ancient Egypt began between 5,000
– 3,100 BC geographically situated in the Northeastern part of
Africa.
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The Nile River provided Egypt the necessary water
requirements to support agricultural activities.
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Produced a variety of earthen wares and pottery items.
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Worked on metals to produce tools, weapons and
agricultural implements.
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Constructed dwellings made of reeds and air-dried mud
bricks.
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Built great pyramids
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Ancient Egyptians devised a 365-day calendar.
Egyptian Civilization (ancient times)
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Greek civilization emerged
at around 1,100 BC.
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Scientific works of wise and
gifted Greeks such as Thales,
Socrates, Hippocrates, Aristotle,
Archimedes, and Ptolemy
served as foundation and
pillars of western civilization.
Greek civilization (ancient times)
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Spanned from 102 – 44 BC
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The Romans developed
infrastructure networks and
constructed roads from Rome to
other places in Italy.
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Constructed big permanent
structures such as domes,
colosseum, and stadiums
Roman civilization
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The plow was invented and the lunar calendar
was developed in China.
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Chinese doctors started the use of acupuncture.
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Astronomers were able to record solar eclipses.
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The Chinese used natural gas for lighting.
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They used bamboo strips or paper made from
barks to write on.
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Developed the technology of paper making and
invention of printing press.
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Invented “earthquake weather clock” or what is
now known as the seismograph.
Chinese civilization
Also known as the” Dark Ages” since there are few written records
from the said era.
It is considered to be one of the creative periods in the history of
humans
sparked the beginning of the first industrial
revolution.
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Vertical windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks were invented.
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Gothic style building techniques came about.
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Considered as one of the greatest inventions during this period
was the mechanized printing press by Johannes Gutenberg.
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Gunpowder was invented in China sometime between the 9th
and 11th centuries, and it did not take long for it to be used in
weapons. It would revolutionize warfare and make previous military
technology obsolete
Medieval
Period/Middle Ages
(ca. 500 – 1500)
Also known as the” Dark Ages” since there are few written records
from the said era.
It is considered to be one of the creative periods in the history of
humans
sparked the beginning of the first industrial
revolution.
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Vertical windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks were invented.
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Gothic style building techniques came about.
•
Considered as one of the greatest inventions during this period
was the mechanized printing press by Johannes Gutenberg.
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Gunpowder was invented in China sometime between the 9th
and 11th centuries, and it did not take long for it to be used in
weapons. It would revolutionize warfare and make previous military
technology obsolete
Medieval
Period/Middle Ages
(ca. 500 – 1500)
Who intented printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg.
The term renaissance refers to the period of the rebirth
as age of preparation for the seventeenth century
scientific developments and achievements
Renaissance Period
(15th – 17th
Century)
made the first reflecting telescope
Isaac Newton
