Volume 1 Chapter 7 Quiz

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. Increasing the temperature of a fire by forcing air into it is a technological breakthrough that allowed for the creation of _____________.

Glass and iron correct incorrect

Lapis lazuli and pottery correct incorrect

Faience and antimony correct incorrect

Colorants and additives correct incorrect

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. ____________is the now discredited theory that ironmaking technology was invented around 1800 BCE only once, in the Middle East, and from there spread to Africa.

Technological innovation correct incorrect

Incremental experimentation correct incorrect

Trickle-down theory correct incorrect

Diffusionist theory correct incorrect

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. The discovery in the past forty years of thousands ancient iron-smelting sites across sub-Saharan Africa is proof that ______________.

Knowledge is always diffused correct incorrect

Knowledge is always fragile correct incorrect

Knowledge is always local correct incorrect

Knowledge always has knock-offs correct incorrect

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. Thousands of craftsmen experimenting with materials and borrowing from other artisans is an example of:

Incremental experimentation correct incorrect

Technological breakthroughs correct incorrect

Diffusion correct incorrect

Technology transfer correct incorrect

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. According to the author, despite the difficulties of ironmaking and glassmaking in the ancient world, why did people persist?

The religious benefits outweighed the costs correct incorrect

For the economic and cultural uses associated with glass and iron correct incorrect

Because these products enjoyed royal patronage correct incorrect

Because glass and iron were prestige objects correct incorrect

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. ____________is evidence of the important role of rulers in glassmaking in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

Royal workshops where craftsmen worked correct incorrect

Ceramic kiln technology correct incorrect

Blue faience correct incorrect

The bloomery method correct incorrect

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. Most lapis lazuli is from which country?

Persia correct incorrect

Afghanistan correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect

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. Which of these places in the ancient world did NOT combine all of the necessary processes and materials to produce faience?

Iran correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

India correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

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. What was the most revolutionary innovation in glassmaking during the Roman period?

Its vast market inspired craftsmen to search for new techniques of mass production correct incorrect

The blowing of molten glass correct incorrect

Trade diffused glassmaking technology around the Mediterranean correct incorrect

The use of iron ingots as bride price correct incorrect

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. In ancient Egypt, what advantage did faience have over lapis lazuli and turquoise?

It was stronger correct incorrect

It was clearer correct incorrect

It looked similar, but it was cheaper correct incorrect

It had spiritual properties correct incorrect