AP World History › Science and Technology from Prehistory to 600 BCE
The concept of the wheel seems like caveman technology from today's standards, but in 3500 BCE when it was invented, it was an amazing concept. A wheel is not simply a cylinder rolling on its edge; a stable platform must be connected to that cylinder somehow so that the wheel can be used to transport goods and people. The wheel-and-axle concept is what humans came up with to solve this dilemma.
Using the passage, which statement best describes the how Paleolithic societies made advances in technology?
In ancient Egypt, maces, unlike spears, swords, or bows, were associated with victory in combat, rather than combat itself, __________________.
While Egyptians had been nomadic before agriculture, not living in permanent settlements, the earliest Egyptian villages contained houses constructed of __________________.
Which of these best describes the impact that the Hyksos invaders had on Ancient Egypt?
In Antiquity, projectile weapons, like arrows and javelins, were useful to military planners, but not often crucial to winning battles, because they ___________________.
Archaeological evidence points to metal first being used in Southeast Asia _________________.
Travelling by horseback was the fastest way for man to travel until the invention of __________.
Iron metallurgy was first developed in __________.
Which of the following cultures were the first to make and utilize gunpowder?
For what purpose did the Ancient Egyptians use papyrus?