GE7

Science, Technology, and Society

Silliman University
Activity 1
Name: __________________________________
Emma Marie L. Neve Score: _____________
Section: GE
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7 - I. Date: ______________
June 24, 2019

I. Multiple choice. Write the letter of the correct answer on the black provided.
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A 1. These are small creatures with shells made of calcium and carbon that piled in the
ancient sea in Africa that turned into limestone.
A. Nautilus
B. Nummulites
C. Spirula
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B 2. It is the second most abundant element Earth’s crust.
A. Hydrogen
B. Silicon
C. Carbon
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C 3. It is considered to be the first technological revolution.
A. Stone Age
B. Bronze Age
C. Iron Age
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B 4. He promoted the use of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
A. René Descartes
B. Leonardo Fibonacci
C. Leonhard Euler
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A 5. He created the first practical steam engine.
A. Thomas Savery
B. James Watt
C. Thomas Newcomen

II. Short answer. Write the correct answer on the blank provided before each number.
___________________ 6. Its discovery allowed us to break down food giving us more energy to
support bigger brains.
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Rivers 7. The first civilizations all grew up near a/an ______________.
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Uruk 8. It is a Sumerian city that has 50, 000 people living in less than 1
square mile, a similar population density to that of modern New York.
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Donkeu-Caravan 9. It is the interstate highway and high-speed internet in its time.
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Silk Roads 10. Around 100 BC, an envoy sent by a Chinese emperor took this route
to the West in search for alliances.
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Disease 11. An invisible threat carried through trade routes.
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The Camel 12. It is the secret of Arab trade.
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Sugar Cane 13. It is a grass that is attributed to the history of slavery from Africa to
the America.
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Human Muscle 14. By 1700, in Europe, 70% of work is still driven by _____________.
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Coal 15. It is a new source of fuel in the modern world.
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Energy 16. According to the video, it drives our fast pace life.

III. Enumeration
A. The critical things for fire to burn
17. ______________________________________
Oxygen
18. ______________________________________
Fuel

B. Two rivers that emerged in Mesopotamia

19. ______________________________________
Tigris
20. ______________________________________
Euphrates

IV. Questions for Reflection. Place your answers on pages 3 and 4.

21-30. Give three major scientific and technological developments in the world (or in the
Philippines) that created a large impact on your daily life.
31-40. What historical antecedents gave rise to the inventions you mentioned in the first
question?
41-50. How did the developments in science and technology shape human history?

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21-30.) The Wheel, Electric Bulb and The World Wide Web

31-40.). The Historical Antecedents that gave rise to these inventions are that they have made
the world into a better place through the purpose that they serve. The wheel, which was invented
around 4500 - 3300 BCE, the wheel gave rise to almost everything from transportation to
modern day machinery. It has made our lives easier by helping us get to our desired
destinations faster. It all started with a block of cement because the early humans found out
that it was easier to move things by rolling them.

The light bulb, it has changed the world by facilitating the creation of large power grids
and by changing the structure of society economically and socially. This invention has given us
a new era in our society. The people before used to rely only on the sun for light which was
a hindrance for them but when the light bulb came about, The didn’t need to rely on the sunlight
anymore which made things a lot easier for them.

The World Wide Web, For me, is by far the greatest invention because it has given us access
to information beyond our own capabilities. It is a “key player in the technological revolution”.
Through this invention, we have learned how to communicate and understand those around us
better which is a great asset in today’s world. It’s original purpose was to help
the scientists in universities and institutes around the world to share information, but it ended up
becoming more than that. It became a very important tool in today’s world.

41-59.) Science and Technology, they have shaped our history in ways we couldn’t imagine.
For hundreds and thousands of years that the human-kind has existed, we have always taken things
our way and bent it to our own will. We use our own knowledge of things to try and change
the world so that it would benefit us in such ways we want it to.

Through Science, it has helped widen our knowledge and understanding of the world more,
and this added knowledge that we now have, gives us the power gain capability.

Technology, this is where it teaches us to apply our gained knowledge to achieve a specific goal.
Science and Technology work hand in hand to change and mold us. These changes
that we encounter shape us— our history and the world into something better than it used to be.

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