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Read the following article to answer the questions below about technology, how it has changed, and its uses. @http://www.school.eb.com/elementary/article?articleId=353296&query=technology&ct=

1. What does the word “technology” mean?

2. What are two examples of the first types of technology that ancient people used?

3. What are two examples of technology that people used during the Middle Ages?

4. What two kinds of technology helped to end the Middle Ages?

5. In the late 1700’s, what began to replace wind and water as the major source of power?

6. Who invented the telegraph in 1835?

7. What did the telegraph allow people to do?

8. Who invented the telephone in 1876?

9. What is “mass production”?

10. What is an “assembly line”?

11. Who perfected the assembly line to make automobiles in theUnited States?

12. When was the first successful airplane produced (what year)?

13. What were some of the first electronic products?

14. Name two electronic products that are often used today

15. The first electronic ___ were invented in the 1940’s.

16. Name two examples of technology that have been applied directly to human beings.

17. Think about one example of technology that has changed over time. In the space below write at least three sentences about that technology, what it used for, and how it has changed.