Practise MYP History questions on 2.1 Scientific and Technological Advancements and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
Nursing became a professionalized career path largely due to the system changes and hygiene standards introduced by __________.
The steam engine and the sewing machine are examples of inventions that accelerated change because they were...
According to the textbook's analogy, what does the 'spreading ripple' in the lake represent?
How does a culture that encourages 'risk-taking and questioning' impact the success of scientific breakthroughs?
According to the 'They change political power' section, what is one of the specific ways 19th-century leaders used innovation to modernize their nations?
Florence Nightingale
Louis Pasteur
Thomas Edison
Meiji Emperor
Difficult to understand
Limited to one specific industry
Developed in total isolation
Easy to copy and adapt to many uses
The outward effects of a discovery on politics and culture
The resistance a society feels toward new ideas
The localized impact of an invention
The high cost of initial research
It makes new technology too expensive for the general public
It provides an environment where innovation can successfully take off
It causes social instability and economic collapse
It discourages the pursuit of traditional scientific literacy
Modernizing schools
Prioritizing traditional artisan labor
Restricting the flow of scientific ideas
Reducing the size of national armies
