Across
- 5. Compression The rapid innovation of communication and transportation technologies that
- 7. The region from which innovative ideas originate.
- 8. Divergence The tendency for cultures to become different as access to new technology is
- 10. Innovations Printing press, steam engine, pasteurization, immunization.
- 15. A process of making a person or animal resistant to infection by exposure to the virus
- 19. microorganisms.
- 22. Agricultural Revolution Dating back 10,000 years, the First Agricultural Revolution achieved plant
- 25. built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the
- 27. Decay Geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial
- 28. when things are further apart, they tend to be less well connected.
- 30. Press A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper
- 33. and scientific farming techniques developed in the 20th century, including extensive
- 35. causes the infection.
- 36. the classical learning of Greece and Rome.
Down
- 1. A sudden, radical, or complete change.
- 2. Revolution Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and
- 3. the way people think about space and time.
- 4. began in the mid-1700s.
- 6. An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing
- 8. Diffusion The spread of new ideas from one culture to the next.
- 9. and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.
- 11. ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.
- 12. heavy reliance on irrigation and chemical applications, and biotechnology.
- 13. Four Great Inventions of China Paper, movable print, compass, gunpowder.
- 14. unevenly.
- 16. and animal domestication.
- 17. in scope.
- 18. Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of bacteria and other
- 20. of crop production and distribution through use of new machinery.
- 21. Agricultural Revolution An agricultural revolution starting in the 17th century that increased
- 23. Revolution A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production
- 24. “Rebirth”; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest
- 26. Convergence The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share
- 29. Engine A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas
- 31. American Innovations Atomic energy, television, electricity, computer technology.
- 32. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something
- 34. Agricultural Revolution A fundamental change in agriculture associated with technological