Volume 2 Chapter 3 Quiz

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. What were three early centers of glassmaking in the ancient world?

China, India, Europe correct incorrect

China, eastern Mediterranean, Persia correct incorrect

China, Africa, the Americas correct incorrect

China, India, eastern Mediterranean correct incorrect

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. ____________is the scientist, philosopher, and mathematician who wrote a compendium on optics, The Book of Optics

Antony van Leeuwenhoek correct incorrect

Alhazen correct incorrect

Albert Noe correct incorrect

Harun al-Rashid correct incorrect

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. According to the author, the steady improvement in lens technology in Europe between 1500 and 1700 is important because

It demonstrates the spread of glassmaking correct incorrect

It is proof of the insatiable demand of the wealthy for high-quality glass correct incorrect

It shows the impact of the telescope correct incorrect

It provided data for scientists and philosophers to debate the place of humans in the universe correct incorrect

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. Antony van Leeuwenhoek's observations of the cross-sections of oak trees is an example of how he applied __________.

Philosophical inquiry correct incorrect

Technological innovation correct incorrect

Scientific method correct incorrect

Mathematical formulas correct incorrect

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. In which language did Leeuwenhoek write?

Latin correct incorrect

English correct incorrect

Dutch correct incorrect

German correct incorrect

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. Up until 1928, the way flat glass was commonly made in the US replicated a pattern that went back to the Middle Ages. What was that pattern?

The transfer of technology through the relocation of skilled workers from one place to another correct incorrect

The patronage of kings who gathered skilled craftsmen together in one place correct incorrect

The demand for large-scale glass from palaces to fashionable restaurants correct incorrect

Investments in capital by wealthy businessmen correct incorrect

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. According to author, which invention most clearly demonstrates the importance of optically-clear lenses as a new technology in the modern world?

Plate glass correct incorrect

Crown glass correct incorrect

Photography correct incorrect

The skyscraper correct incorrect

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. _______________can be defined by the extent to which it directly changes society or produces something that directly affects survival, health, material well-being, or values, and beliefs

Scientific knowledge correct incorrect

Scientific method correct incorrect

Technology correct incorrect

innovation correct incorrect

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. According to the author, how should the success of a technical innovation be measured?

The extent to which it translates into local needs and usages correct incorrect

The extent to which it spreads across the world correct incorrect

The extent to which it becomes automated correct incorrect

The extent to which it generates an industrial revolution correct incorrect

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. For how many years did the craft of glassmaking disappear from Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire?

400 years correct incorrect

500 years correct incorrect

600 years correct incorrect

700 years correct incorrect