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What do you think about when you hear the word

What do you think about when you hear the word. TECHNOLOGY?. Advances in Technology. Early Tools. One of the most popular types of stone was flint Were used to make cutting and grinding tools Were also fastened to handles to make spears, arrows and other tools. Scythe.

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What do you think about when you hear the word

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  1. What do you think about when you hear the word TECHNOLOGY?

  2. Advances in Technology

  3. Early Tools • One of the most popular types of stone was flint • Were used to make cutting and grinding tools • Were also fastened to handles to make spears, arrows and other tools

  4. Scythe • Hand tool for reaping crops • Helped early civilizations grow food

  5. The Wheel • Believed to have been invented by the Sumerians • Used to help with transportation and later to help make pottery

  6. Egyptian tools These objects were made in Egypt to help them obtain food Fishhook Arrow Harpoon

  7. Discussion • Which was more important, the scythe or the wheel? Why? • Why was it so important for the Egyptians to have the tools that we mentioned today? • What had a greater impact on wars, the arrow or the wheel? Why?

  8. Agricultural Advances • Domestication-the taming of wild plants and animals • Propagation-reproducing plants • Irrigation-supplying water to crops to help them grow • Intercropping-farmers would plant a small crop between larger crops to use all the land

  9. The Printing Press • Johannes Guttenberg developed printing methods to print the Bible • Literacy spread(ability to read) Governments could spread information to support their ideas • Before this time all books were copied by hand.

  10. Johannes Guttenburg • German inventor • Movabletype-used metal letters and oil-based ink to spell out text. Many pages of text could be printed rapidly. • In 1455 printed the first Bible • The printing press allowed the ideas of the Renaissance to spread quickly all over Europe and beyond.

  11. Renaissance Scientists • Copernicus determined that the planets were in orbit around the sun • Brahe- used instruments and observation to describe the solar system and 770 stars • Kepler-brought astronomical knowledge to a higher level • Galileo-the first to use the telescope for astronomy. He discovered the moons of Jupiter

  12. Medicine • Widely studied during the Renaissance • The Catholic Church would not let people study anatomy by dissecting the dead. • Da Vinci ignored the rules of the church and studied human structure through dissection. • As art and science, his works were some of the most important of the Renaissance.

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