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Midterm Questions Flashcards

1
Q

Name an animal which self-domesticated

A

Cats or Dogs

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2
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In order to avoid being pressed into forced labour for the government what would young men in China do?

A

Pass civil service exam

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3
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Identify this technology:

A

Sun and Planet Gearing System

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4
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Until 1972 this was the world’s tallest building

A

Empire State Building

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5
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Name the Pharaoh who united Egypt and first began to harness the Nile

A

Menes

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6
Q

Which technology first allowed one person to spin many threads?

A

Spinning Jenny (check dis)

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7
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The use of water from aqueducts to expose rock for mining is called

A

Hushing

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8
Q

Name one of the first kinds of domesticated animals

A

Dogs

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9
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When were the first laws concerning Roman roads were written

A

~450BCE

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10
Q

Name the scientist who first deliberately ingested genetically modified organisms.

A

Sydney Brenner

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11
Q

Identify this this technology

A

Grain Drill

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12
Q

When did Newcomen develop his engine?

A

1712

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13
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Name the admiral in charge of the Chinese expeditionary fleet in the early 15th century.

A

Zheng He

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14
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The Step Pyramid was built for

A

The stuff below is copied from notes:

Step Pyramid – Saqqara

Pharaoh Djoser (Third Dynasty ~2667-2648 BCE)

Imhotep (~2650-2600 BCE)

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15
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Name one (1) key development of the Medieval Agricultural Revolution.

A

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)

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16
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This irrigation project helped California become a major agricultural producer

A

Central Valley Irrigation Project

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17
Q

When did the Asilomar conference take place?

A

1975

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18
Q

What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C?

A

Scurvy

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19
Q

Identify this technology:

A

Castellum

20
Q

What kind of plow is this man using?

A

the Bow Ard

21
Q

What year was paper money first used in China?

A

1024CE

22
Q

___________________________ developed the means to create artificial nitrogen fertilizer.

A

Fritz Haber

23
Q

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

A

Tuned Mass Damper

24
Q

What kind of Banana do we commonly eat today?

A

The Cavendish

25
Q

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

A

Reliance building

26
Q

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

A

Abraham Darby

27
Q

Identify this technology:

A

Undershot Water Wheel

28
Q

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

A

Clarence Birdseye

29
Q

When did the Neanderthal go extinct?

A

35,000 Years Ago

30
Q

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

A

The Academy Award

No but seriously, I’m pretty sure she wants us to say the nobel prize

31
Q

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

A

Selective Breeding

32
Q

The Grand Canal was completed in?

A

This is from the notes:

1327 CE

33
Q

Hieroglyphs developed ~ ________________.

A

3000 BCE

34
Q

Where was the first iron bridge built?

A

Coalbrookdale

35
Q

Name a grain which was first domesticated in Northern China

A

Millet

36
Q

Identify this technology:

A

Otis Safety Elevator

37
Q

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

A

Diamond v. Chakrabarty

38
Q

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

A

Waterwheel

39
Q

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

A

Egypt

40
Q

The dome of the pantheon is made out of _________________

A

concrete

41
Q

Henry Ford began to mass produce tractors in

A

1917

42
Q

The microorganism which caused the Black Death was

A

Yersinia pestis

43
Q

The romans used _____________________ to ship liquid cargo.

A

amphorae

44
Q

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

A

Legumes

45
Q

The first Egyptian boats were constructed of

A

Papyrus

HIST 115 (2 decks)

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