Midterm Questions

Question 1

Name an animal which self-domesticated

Answer 1

Cats or Dogs

Question 2

In order to avoid being pressed into forced labour for the government what would young men in China do?

Answer 2

Pass civil service exam

Question 3

Identify this technology:

Answer 3

Sun and Planet Gearing System

Question 4

Until 1972 this was the world’s tallest building

Answer 4

Empire State Building

Question 5

Name the Pharaoh who united Egypt and first began to harness the Nile

Answer 5

Menes

Question 6

Which technology first allowed one person to spin many threads?

Answer 6

Spinning Jenny (check dis)

Question 7

The use of water from aqueducts to expose rock for mining is called

Answer 7

Hushing

Question 8

Name one of the first kinds of domesticated animals

Answer 8

Dogs

Question 9

When were the first laws concerning Roman roads were written

Answer 9

~450BCE

Question 10

Name the scientist who first deliberately ingested genetically modified organisms.

Answer 10

Sydney Brenner

Question 11

Identify this this technology

Answer 11

Grain Drill

Question 12

When did Newcomen develop his engine?

Answer 12

1712

Question 13

Name the admiral in charge of the Chinese expeditionary fleet in the early 15th century.

Answer 13

Zheng He

Question 14

The Step Pyramid was built for

Answer 14

The stuff below is copied from notes:

Step Pyramid – Saqqara

Pharaoh Djoser (Third Dynasty ~2667-2648 BCE)

Imhotep (~2650-2600 BCE)

Question 15

Name one (1) key development of the Medieval Agricultural Revolution.

Answer 15

From Notes:

Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution’ (900-1200CE) Heavy plough (500-900 CE)
Development of the horse collar (700-900 CE) Three-field crop rotation

New crops (oats and legumes, hops for brewing)

Question 16

This irrigation project helped California become a major agricultural producer

Answer 16

Central Valley Irrigation Project

Question 17

When did the Asilomar conference take place?

Answer 17

1975

Question 18

What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C?

Answer 18

Scurvy

Question 19

Identify this technology:

Answer 19

Castellum

Question 20

What kind of plow is this man using?

Answer 20

the Bow Ard

Question 21

What year was paper money first used in China?

Answer 21

1024CE

Question 22

___________________________ developed the means to create artificial nitrogen fertilizer.

Answer 22

Fritz Haber

Question 23

Name the technology that keeps the Citicorp Center in New York from swaying in the wind.

Answer 23

Tuned Mass Damper

Question 24

What kind of Banana do we commonly eat today?

Answer 24

The Cavendish

Question 25

The windows in the ___________________________ were built “as large as the situation of the columns would allow.”

Answer 25

Reliance building

Question 26

Who was the first Englishman to use coke in the manufacture of iron?

Answer 26

Abraham Darby

Question 27

Identify this technology: ![]()

Answer 27

Undershot Water Wheel

Question 28

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ developed the first process to make commercially produced frozen foods palatable.

Answer 28

Clarence Birdseye

Question 29

When did the Neanderthal go extinct?

Answer 29

35,000 Years Ago

Question 30

What award Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen not win for their work on genetic engineering?

Answer 30

The Academy Award No but seriously, I'm pretty sure she wants us to say the nobel prize

Question 31

Name an innovation during the English Agricultural Revolution that increased livestock production.

Answer 31

Selective Breeding

Question 32

The Grand Canal was completed in?

Answer 32

This is from the notes: 1327 CE

Question 33

Hieroglyphs developed ~ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 33

3000 BCE

Question 34

Where was the first iron bridge built?

Answer 34

Coalbrookdale

Question 35

Name a grain which was first domesticated in Northern China

Answer 35

Millet

Question 36

Identify this technology: ![]()

Answer 36

Otis Safety Elevator

Question 37

The decision of this US Supreme Court case opened the way to patenting genetically modified organisms

Answer 37

Diamond v. Chakrabarty

Question 38

The medieval Dutch used what non-human-powered technology in their hydraulic engineering?

Answer 38

Waterwheel

Question 39

The ______________________ people were among the first to begin brewing beer.

Answer 39

Egypt

Question 40

The dome of the pantheon is made out of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 40

concrete

Question 41

Henry Ford began to mass produce tractors in

Answer 41

1917

Question 42

The microorganism which caused the Black Death was

Answer 42

Yersinia pestis

Question 43

The romans used _____________________ to ship liquid cargo.

Answer 43

amphorae

Question 44

In the three-field crop rotation system what would the farmer plant the season after his crop of wheat or rye?

Answer 44

Legumes

Question 45

The first Egyptian boats were constructed of

Answer 45

Papyrus