Must Know Tech for AP Exam Flashcards
1900CE - present tech
airplane, TV, nuclear power, penicillin, internet, computer - U.S. and Europe
1750CE - 1900CE tech
steam boat, locomotive, steel ships, machine gun (maxim gun), lightbulb, phone, radio, typewriter, cotton gin, steel plow, motors, movie projector - Europe and U.S.
1450CE - 1750CE tech
alphabetic printing press, telescope, microscope, steam engine, factory machines - Europe
600CE - 1450CE tech
paper money, gunpowder, firearms - China
clock, glasses, plow - Europe
education system - N. Africa
600BCE - 600CE tech
coins - Persia
“Arabic” numerals - S. Asia
compass, porcelain, canals, stirrups - China
astrolabe, sail, concrete, crop rotation - China and South Asia
Beginning of civilizations tech
domestication, irrigation, farming and agriculture, wheels, plow, sail, geometry, algebra, writing (cuneiform, hieroglyphics), calendars