Technology Key Words

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

A period of European history from the 14th-17th centuries. It occurred after the Middle Ages and was a rebirth of culture

Question 2

Dissection

Answer 2

The action of cutting something open especially a dead body or plant in order to study its structure

Question 3

Transfusión

Answer 3

An act of transferring donated blood

Question 4

Penicillin

Answer 4

A type of antibiotics which are used to treat infections caused by bacteria.

Question 5

Revolution

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A very big change which occurs during a short period of time

Question 6

Industrial revolution

Answer 6

The rapid social and economic changes which took place in Britain from one 1750 to 1900 for example the introduction of mechanical tools and the growth of industrial cities

Question 7

Urban

Answer 7

An area typically in the city that is very developed and has many buildings and factories.

Question 8

Locomotives

Answer 8

A way of transportation that is powered by coal and steam

Question 9

Mills

Answer 9

Factories were machines are used to weave cotton into cloth

Question 10

Overseer

Answer 10

They were like the factory managers and were given the job of making the children work as hard as possible

Question 11

Pauper apprentice

Answer 11

Poor children often orphans that were sent to work in a factory

Question 12

Overcrowding

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When there’s too many people in a limited space which allows diseases to spread easily

Question 13

Cholera

Answer 13

A fatal disease caused by contaminated water

Question 14

Chloroform

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A chemical compound which is a colourless strong smelling dense liquid used for a woman giving birth to put them to sleep

Question 15

Microbe

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A small living organism which includes viruses bacteria fungi and protists

Question 16

Septic

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The body is extreme response to an infection when a wound or a part of the body is infected with bacteria

Question 17

Dialysis machine

Answer 17

Machine which filters and cleans a patient blood when a patient has damaged kidneys

Question 18

Keyhole surgery

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A type of surgical procedures that allows a surgeon to access the inside of the patient’s body without having to make large incisions

Question 19

Luddites

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A term used for people who dislike technology and try to destroy machines in factories

Question 20

Agriculture revolution

Answer 20

A period of time between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries where there are improvements in the farming systems. Machines are more commonly used and land organisations is a lot better.

Question 21

Enigma machines

Answer 21

A machine used by Germans to transmit coded messages during World War Two