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What is the Ancient Three-Age System?
A
classification
of ancient ages by tool development
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What materials were used for weapons in the Stone Age?
Stone
,
wood
,
bone
, and
other
materials
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Which human species existed during the Stone Age?
Neanderthals
and
Denisovans
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What characterizes the Paleolithic Period?
Hunters and gatherers living
nomadically
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What was the primary lifestyle of people during the Paleolithic Period?
They were mainly
hunters
and gatherers
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What significant development occurred in the Mesolithic Period?
Introduction
of
agriculture
and fishing
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How did living conditions change from the Paleolithic to the Mesolithic Period?
People
became
permanent
settlers
in
villages
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What tools were used during the Neolithic Period?
Polished stone tools
and
hand axes
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What was a major advancement in the Neolithic Period?
Use of
agriculture
and
domestication
of animals
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What characterizes the Bronze Age?
Tools and weapons made of
copper
and
bronze
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What is smelting?
A process of extracting
metal
by heating
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Which two metals were blended to create stronger metal in the Bronze Age?
Copper
and
tin
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What societal change occurred during the Bronze Age?
Rise of states or kingdoms under
central government
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When did the Bronze Age end?
Around 1200 B.C.
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What significant advancement was made during the Iron Age?
First production of steel by Hittites
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What civilization developed armored cavalry during the Iron Age?
Persians
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What period is known as Antiquity?
600
BCE to
529
CE
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Who were the natural philosophers?
The first
scientists
in
Greek
civilization
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Who is recognized as the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates
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What is the Hippocratic Oath?
A pledge to separate
medicine
from religion
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What did Socrates contribute to philosophy?
Knowledge through dialogues using the
Socratic Method
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What did Plato establish?
The
Academy
and coined the term
element
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Who is considered the Father of Biology?
Aristotle
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What did Aristarchus propose?
The Sun-centered universe (
Heliocentrism
)
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Who calculated the size of Earth and its distance to the Moon?
Claudius Ptolemy
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What is the significance of Herophilus?
He is known as the
Father of Anatomy
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Who is known as the Father of Modern Geometry?
Euclid
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What did Archimedes contribute to mathematics?
He is known as the
Father of Mathematics
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What is the time frame of the Middle Ages?
476
–
1450
A.D.
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What characterized the Early Middle Ages?
Slow progress of
science
and rise of the Catholic Church
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What significant inventions came from the Islamic Empire during the Middle Ages?
Gun powder, paper, and compass
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What was the impact of the Black Death on science?
It caused questioning of
Aristotelian
teachings
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What was the Scientific Method popularized by?
Francis Bacon
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What was the significance of the printing press?
It allowed for
mass production
of books
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Who discovered Laudanum?
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
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What did Tartaglia discover?
Pascal’s triangle and
canon elevation
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What is Leonardo da Vinci known for?
Engineering
and physical concepts
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What did Nicolas Copernicus propose?
The
Heliocentric Theory
of the universe
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What did Johannes Kepler describe?
Planetary motion
and
elliptical orbits
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What did Galileo Galilei discover?
Law of Motion
and
pendulum
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