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HIST 285, Technology in Historical Perspective – Spring 2015

Department of History & Politics, Drexel University

Professor Lloyd Ackert

Midterm Exam

Follow these instructions carefully – I will be grading, in part, how well you follow the directions for formatting and submitting your exam!

Instructions:

Type your name in the space provided above.

This is an open-book exam. Feel free to use the assigned readings, lecture outlines, and notes. Do not use outside sources (like online encyclopedias) – they will lead you astray and weaken your answers. I will be looking for answers that come from the assigned readings and lectures.

Work on the exam alone.

In your essays make sure to relate specific details from the lectures and readings to the broader themes of the history of technology that we have covered. If you quote directly from the course materials, you need to cite the source, for example (Misa, pg 255). You do not need to cite the lecture material.

Type your answers in the space directly below the question (not at the end). Use the same font type, size, and color. Do not delete any of the questions.

DUE DATE: Please upload your completed exam through the Turnitin Icon on the course website by Saturday, May 2nd. (Let me know by email if you need more time.) If you have troubles uploading your exam, please email it to me and write the line: “HIST285_MidtermExam” in the subject line of your email.

Part I. Short answer. Write a paragraph (at least 100 words) for EACH of the following topics. Make sure to 1) describe/define the item by giving an example from the course, and 2) discuss its importance to the history of technology. (10 points each)

1) Prince Practitioner

2) Tacit Knowledge

3) Technology Transfer

Part II. Choose TWO items from the list below and write a paragraph (at least 100 words) for each of the following topics. Make sure to 1) describe/define the item by giving an example from the course, and 2) discuss its importance to the history of technology. (10 points each)

1) Porter Beer

2) Ancillary products

3) Imperial supplies

4) Quinine

5) Whipstaff

Part II. Essay. Choose TWO of the following and write an essay of about 350 words for each. (20 points each)

1. Choose TWO of the four applications of technology that the Courts were interested in during the renaissance period. Make sure to provide an example for each and discuss how it related to patronage.

2. Industrialization dramatically changed the lives of the English people. Choose one of the English cities we covered in class and discuss how they changed (for example, Health, Gender, Labor relations, Anti-technology sentiments, Prosperity) with the rise and expansion of industrialization.

3. Of the many ways the invention of the printing press in 15th century changed Europe society, choose TWO and discuss them.

4. Why was the Herring Buss an important innovation during the Dutch Golden Age, and how did it compare to Tulip Mania?

5. Why did the Americans succeed in building the Panama Canal, where the French had failed?

Part III. Personal opinion. Discuss the following in a paragraph (at least 150 words). Use examples from the course. (10 points)

A. Choose one of the periods we have covered so far in the course, and discuss how a specific technology was on the one hand a positive change on society, and on the other a negative one.

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