Across
- 2. divergence the tendency for cultures to become different as access to new technology is distributed unevenly
- 6. An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
- 11. "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
- 12. The region from which innovative ideas originate
- 13. decay geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions; when things are further apart, they tend to be less well connected
- 17. a sudden, radical, or complete change
- 20. Innovations Printing press, steam engine, pasteurization, immunization
- 21. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
- 22. treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of bacteria and other disease causing microorganisms
Down
- 1. Agricultural Revolution A fundamental change in agriculture associated with technological innovations and scientific farming techniques developed in the 20th century including extensive mechanization, heavy reliance on irrigation and chemical applications, and biotechnology.
- 3. compression the rapid innovation of communication and transportation technologies that transforms the way people think about space and time
- 4. diffusion the spread of new ideas from one culture to the next
- 5. press A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.
- 7. American Innovations atomic energy, television, electricity, computer technology
- 8. Agricultural Revolution Dating back 10,000 years, the First Agricultural Revolution achieved plant domestication and animal domestication
- 9. Revolution Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.
- 10. engine A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.
- 14. Four Great Inventions of China Paper, movable print, compass, gunpowder
- 15. convergence the tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology
- 16. A process of making a person or animal resistant to infection by exposure to the virus that causes the infection
- 18. Agricultural Revolution An agricultural revolution starting in the 17th century that increased efficiency of crop production and distribution through use of new machinery
- 19. Revolution A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s