Shared Flashcard Set

Details

HIS262 Midterm
Midterm for Technology and Society
59
History
Undergraduate 3
02/21/2012

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
no force had a greater influence in refining technology than this
Definition
military
Term
The Day ______ ______ by
Definition
Grekla
Term
a how-to book about mining
Definition
The Day ______ _______
Term
modern day's fluyt ship
Definition
containerized shipping
Term
technology that started the Industrial Revolution
Definition
steam engine
Term
the cotton gin dropped cotton prices by ____ percentage
Definition
90%
Term
tried to resist technology to save their lifestyles
Definition
Luddite
Term
London industry associated in book
Definition
brewing of beer
Term
Manchester industry from book
Definition
dark satanic mills (mining)
Term
Sheffield industry from book
Definition
making fine steel
Term
wrote the Manifesto of the Communist Party
Definition
Carl Marx and Fredderick __________
Term
why the Manifesto of the Communist Party was written
Definition
exploitation of factory workers
Term
It is a lot easier to control the _____ when you have a _________________
Definition
world, bigger club
Term
used their power to spread their power and since that had better tools they thought they were smarter or racially superior.
Definition
Europe and U.S.
Term
better technology bred ________
Definition
arrogance
Term
what Edison did not invent
Definition
lightbulb
Term
Edison's biggest achievement
Definition
the modern research lab
Term
Edison's most original invention
Definition
phonograph
Term
what Edison's work was an excellent example of
Definition
systems engineering
Term
what Henry Ford invented
Definition
the automated assembly line
Term
when Ford's factory opened
Definition
1913
Term
The Day After Trinity Quote
Definition
Hans Bethe
Term
The Father of the Atomic Bomb
Definition
Oppenheimer
Term
name of the project to build an atomic bulb
Definition
Manhattan Project
Term
"Technology is neither good or bad. Nor is it neutral."
Definition
Kranzberg's 1st Law
Term
I control technology, it does not control me
Definition
instrumentality vs. determinism
Term
technology is great but
Definition
NIMBY, NIH
Term
NIMBY
Definition
not in my backyard
Term
NIH
Definition
not invented here
Term
the followers of Ludd were
Definition
hand loom weavers
Term
the year that saw steam power technology
Definition
1810
Term
a Dutch ship that was built in Holland that made it easier to transport large amounts of goods
Definition
Fluyt
Term
Fluyt ships led to the invention of
Definition
insurance and shareholding
Term
saw the beginning of containerized shipping
Definition
1950s
Term
was responsible for the idea of containerized shipping
Definition
Malcolm McKlane
Term
By this year, European countries came to control this percentage of the world's land area
Definition
1914, 84%
Term
looks at the entire process of building a car from the beginning to the end
Definition
fordism
Term
focuses on the specific tasks in a process
Definition
taylorism
Term
appliances may have decreased druggery of work, but not
Definition
time spent cleaning
Term
where the Manhattan Project took place
Definition
Los Alamos, NM
Term
Gender does not equal
Definition
biological sex
Term
when domestic technology was created to assist middle-class women at housework
Definition
1900
Term
the first major achievement in land transportation since roman roads
Definition
railroads
Term
elements of the Industrial revolution
Definition
material resources, population, financial, social attitudes
Term
first working steam engine model in ____
Definition
1705
Term
produced the first working model if a steam engine
Definition
Thomas Newcomen
Term
invented the cotton gin
Definition
Eli Whitney
Term
two steamships in 1807
Definition
Fulton and Clermont
Term
invented the reaper to harvest crops
Definition
McCormick
Term
the first telegraph message
Definition
"what hath God wrought"
Term
vitamin D deficiency that causes permanent bone deficiencies
Definition
Rickets
Term
factory where 146 women were killed
Definition
Triangle Shirtwaist Co.
Term
removed slate and other impurities from coal by hand
Definition
breaker boys
Term
Irish "secret society" of miners in PA
Definition
Molly Maguires
Term
under human control
Definition
instrument
Term
independent force that shapes our lives in ways we cant control, and maybe cant even predict
Definition
deterministic
Term
the court engineer
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
Term
when gutenberg invented his printing press
Definition
1450
Term
the most important phenomenon of our time
Definition
globalization
Supporting users have an ad free experience!