AP®︎ World History: Topic 5.5 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 5.5 of AP World History – Technology of the Industrial Age.
Questions List
Topic 5.5
Question 1 Easy
James Watt is best known for improving which of the following technologies?
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Topic 5.5: Technology of the Industrial Age
Thematic Focus: Technology and InnovationTEC
Human adaptation and innovation have resulted in increased efficiency, comfort, and security, and technological advances have shaped human development and interactions with both intended and unintended consequences.
Learning Objective: Unit 5: Learning Objective F
Explain how technology shaped economic production over time.
Historical Developments: KC-5.1.I.B
The development of machines, including steam engines and the internal combustion engine, made it possible to take advantage of both existing and vast newly discovered resources of energy stored in fossil fuels, specifically coal and oil. The fossil fuels revolution greatly increased the energy available to human societies.
Historical Developments: KC-5.1.I.E
The "second industrial revolution" led to new methods in the production of steel, chemicals, electricity, and precision machinery during the second half of the 19th century.
Historical Developments: KC-5.1.IV
Railroads, steamships, and the telegraph made exploration, development, and communication possible in interior regions globally, which led to increased trade and migration.
