<p> TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SPRING EE C050 DR. YANTORNO STUDY QUESTIONS #11 Pacey Chapter 3 - Movements West, 1150-1490 – pages 38-57 1. By 1150, what areas were drawn into the technological dialog, and what proof was there that they became part of the dialog ? (38)</p><p>2. What can stop the diffusion of technology ? Give some examples. (38)</p><p>3. Paper-making came to Europe via Spain. How did this happen if paper was invented in China ? (41)</p><p>4. Did Chinese paper-making differ from paper made by Chinese in Samaquand ? If so, how and why ? (41)</p><p>5. What story can you tell about paper-making and its diffusion by looking at Table 2 on page 42 ?</p><p>6. What is so special about Toledo, Spain in 1085 ? (41)</p><p>7. Where and when were the first water-wheels used to produce pulp ? How did they operate ? (43)</p><p>8. Was the European clock built in Europe after 1300 constructed exclusively with European ideas ? Explain. (43)</p><p>9. What are some new things introduced into Europe as a result of the Crusades ? (44)</p><p>10. Can people adopt technologies from other cultures and use them exactly as adopted ? Explain and give an example. (44)</p><p>11. Describe the development and diffusion of gun powder and gun powder weapons from 900 to 1300. (45-46)</p><p>12. Prior to 1280, what components were necessary to construct a gun ? (46) SPRING EE C050 DR. YANTORNO STUDY QUESTIONS #11</p><p>13. What do the fire-lance, the arrow-shooting gun and the rocket-propelled spear all have in common in terms of technological development, and Kuhn's ideas about perception and humans ?</p><p>14. What is one possible way that the knowledge about gun construction might have traveled from China to Europe and what is the evidence for it ? (48)</p><p>15. Is the cannon or the gun a European development ? Explain. (49)</p><p>16. Mongols were known for ______of technology but not for ______. 17. Besides paper, what is another example of technology transfer and what is the evidence for it ? (50-51)</p><p>18. The reality is that transfer of technology always involves ______and often stimulates ______. 19. What is the invention of the cannon a good example of ? (51)</p><p>20. How can one differentiate (tell the difference) between "inventive exchange" and “independent invention” ? Give an example of how. (51-52)</p><p>21. What are some reasons and examples for "energetic inventive activity" ? (52)</p><p>22. What interesting phenomenon happened in Italy after 1300 that has a modern day equivalent ? (52)</p><p>23. What do bells and cannons have in common ? (53)</p><p>24. What do guns and drums have in common ?</p><p>25. What are some possible reasons for China not developing technologically the way Europe did, especially after considering question 11of Study Questions #12 . (54-56)</p><p>2 SPRING EE C050 DR. YANTORNO STUDY QUESTIONS #11 rev 5/7/2018</p><p>3</p>