Ancient Persian Civilization Achievements and Innovations
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What is the main focus of life technology?

  • Inventing new musical instruments
  • Developing software applications
  • Preserve, repair, maintain, reproduce, and improve living systems (correct)
  • Creating architectural designs
  • Which of the following is NOT part of scientific process as described in the text?

  • Describing
  • Classifying
  • Suggesting solutions (correct)
  • Observing
  • What does the technology process involve?

  • Unrelated to meeting any needs
  • Identification of a specific need, desire, or opportunity (correct)
  • Creating fictional stories
  • Developing artistic expressions
  • Which of the following is NOT a step in the technology processes described?

    <p>Conceptualization of time travel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key aspect of management technology?

    <p>Control of social activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the science process described, which step involves formulating a hypothesis?

    <p>Describing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the 'Father of Greek Medicine'?

    <p>Hippocrates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Greek philosopher taught that nature was composed of or convertible into water?

    <p>Thales of Miletus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Empedocles, nature was a mixture of which four elements?

    <p>Earth, Fire, Air, Water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Greek mathematician is known for perfecting geometry as a single logical system?

    <p>Euclid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is credited with inventing the science of hydrostatics and making a planetarium powered by water?

    <p>Archimedes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Father of Philosophy' who taught that nature was composed of or convertible into water is:

    <p>Thales of Miletus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the first preparation of strong spirits of wine made in Europe?

    <p>12th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which architectural innovation allowed buildings to have much higher ceilings and larger windows?

    <p>Flying Buttress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which century did the invention of spectacles occur in Italy?

    <p>14th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who authored the 'Canon of Medicine'?

    <p>Avicenna</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was known to the Chinese several centuries ago before passing to the West or Europe?

    <p>Magnetic Compass</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which concept allowed mechanical clocks to tell time accurately?

    <p>Gears driven by weights</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a Qanat?

    <p>Providing drinking water and irrigation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is credited with the discovery of sulfuric acid?

    <p>Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Jakarta al-Razi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significant contribution associated with Johann Gutenberg?

    <p>Invention of the printing press</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary use of windmills during Medieval Times?

    <p>Sawing wood and forging iron</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which civilization introduced a uniform system of gold and silver coinage?

    <p>Persian Civilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main function of a watermill in the feudal economy?

    <p>Supplying power for various activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the mind is like the top of an iceberg?

    <p>Conscious mind</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the personality primarily operates on the 'pleasure principle'?

    <p>Ego</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the Ego in personality according to the text?

    <p>Controls voluntary motion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the personality emerges as the 'moral principle' guiding right and wrong behavior?

    <p>Superego</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Freud's theory, which part of the mind is completely outside of our awareness?

    <p>Unconscious mind</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Before the arrival of the Spaniards in the Philippines, the natives already had practices linked to which fields?

    <p>Science and technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

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