Ashworth Semester Exam SO245 Social Impact of Technology 2nd attempt (2020)

aQuestion 1
All of the major civilizations were established along
forests.
deserts.
trade routes.
rivers.

Question 2
Which technological advance was as socially transformative as the domestication of horses?
Development of the power loom
Invention of the compass
Development of machine guns
Invention of penicillin

Question 3
Problems created by global reliance on technology since the Industrial Revolution include all of the following except
greater wealth inequality.
unequal access to innovation.
more widespread famine.
environmental degradation.

Question 4
Who was the president of Ford Motor Company during the Pinto disaster?
Henry Ford
Lee Iacocca
Robert McNamara
Philip Caldwell

Question 5
Four students are discussing the kind of energy that's fundamental to life on Earth. Thomas says it's electrical energy. Susan opts for solar energy. Lawrence argues in favor of chemical energy. Kimberly is sure it's mechanical energy. Who is correct?
Thomas
Susan
Lawrence
Kimberly

Question 6
The planet's climate thermostat, as well as the world's chief greenhouse gas, is
water vapor.
carbon dioxide.
methane.
ozone.

Question 7
By about 1000 CE, population levels had roughly
doubled.
leveled off.
declined.
tripled.

Question 8
Which conflict do historians consider the first modern war?
Wars of Religion
American Civil War
Protestant Reformation
Spanish-Aztec War

Question 9
Which century is often called the Dutch Golden Age?
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Eighteenth

Question 10
According to Toffler, the third stage of societal development involves advances in
agricultural techniques.
animal domestication.
early technologies like the steam engine.
later technologies like automation.

  

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