PRELIM 02 - Historical Antecedents (Part 1)

Question 1

Used to go to places and discover new horizons

Answer 1

Transportation

Question 2

Has assisted in journeys to unfamiliar and strange areas in the world

Answer 2

Navigation

Question 3

Facilitated trade and prevent possible conflicts

Answer 3

Communication

Question 4

Used to remember the places people have been to and document the trades they made with each other

Answer 4

Record-keeping

Question 5

Used in Ancient Egypt to keep records of history, culture, and communication

Answer 5

Ancient Egyptians’ papyrus (Cyperus papyrus)

Question 6

It was discovered by Wilfried Voynich, a Polish book seller, who came across the document at Jesuit College in Italy, 1912

Answer 6

Voynich manuscript

Question 7

The Voynich manuscript was carbon dated to __________

Answer 7

1420

Question 8

A system of glyphs or proto-writing discovered on Easter island in the Pacific during the 19th century

Answer 8

Rongorongo script

Question 9

Used for establishment of new alliances with other tribes and for security and protection

Answer 9

Weapons and armors

Question 10

Has allowed to build structures that would address people’s specific needs and wants

Answer 10

Engineering

Question 11

Is a sign of technological advancement of a particular civilization

Answer 11

Architecture

Question 12

One of the few reliable methods of measuring time at sea

Answer 12

Hour glass

Question 13

The first method of making liquor that involves freezing the alcoholic beverage and removing water crystals

Answer 13

Mongolian still

Question 14

A method of making liquor observed by Geber (Jabir Ibn Hayyan) that involves heating wine which then releases flammable vapor crystals

Answer 14

Alembic still

Question 15

Was invented by Roger Bacon in 1268; its earliest prototypes had convex lenses to aid farsightedness, and concave lenses for nearsightedness

Answer 15

Eyeglasses

Question 16

Wheel that replaced the earlier method of hand spinning

Answer 16

Spinning wheel

Question 17

Involves the practice of isolating ships for a limited period to allow for the manifestation of the disease and dissipate the infection brought by persons and goods

Answer 17

Quarantine

Question 18

A movable type of machine for printing that was first mechanized in Europe

Answer 18

Printing press of Gutenberg

Question 19

An optical instrument that helps in the observation of remote objects

Answer 19

Telescope

Question 20

Process invented by Louis Pasteur; the process of heating dairy products to kill harmful bacteria

Answer 20

Pasteurization

Question 21

Used as a way to easily maintain connections and communicate with others in real time

Answer 21

Telephone

Question 22

The telephone was developed by __________

Answer 22

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 23

Used as a faster way to compute more complicated equations; are easy to carry computing devices

Answer 23

Calculator