Download Historical Milestones in Science, Technology, and World Events and more Quizzes World History in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Jenner DEFINITION 1 Early 1800sEnglandCreator of small pox vaccineif you catch a disease and don't die then you won't catch it again TERM 2 Hertz DEFINITION 2 Heinrich Hertz: German physicist know for his work with electromagnetic radiation and the photoelectric effectDeveloped the Hertz antenna receiver, lead to modern day radio and radarDate: 1880sLocation: Germany TERM 3 Goodyear DEFINITION 3 Charles Goodyear: Inventor of vulcanization of rubber. Discovered process in 1839, pefected in 1844. Lived in Massachussets.Date: 1844Location: Boston TERM 4 Manhattan Project DEFINITION 4 Research Program that develpoed the 1st atomic bomb.Date: Early 1940s.Location: New MexicoHiroshima: August 6. 1945.Nagasaki: August 9, 1945. TERM 5 Fission DEFINITION 5 The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller partsThis process was discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Fritz StrassmannDate: 1938Location: Brlin TERM 6 Douhet DEFINITION 6 Italianstrategic bombing in aerial warfareDate: Early 20th century TERM 7 Sputnik DEFINITION 7 Soviet satellite was the first artificial earth satelliteDate:1958Location: USSR, space TERM 8 Maxim gun DEFINITION 8 Late 1800sBritishself-powered machine guns TERM 9 interstate highway DEFINITION 9 Mid 1900sbuilt by Eisenhower for military use TERM 10 Eniac DEFINITION 10 Mid 20th centuryfirst electronic digital programmable computer TERM 21 global warming DEFINITION 21 an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect TERM 22 penicillin DEFINITION 22 Early 1900sAlexander FlemingScottishAntibiotic TERM 23 MAD DEFINITION 23 Mutually Assured DestructionCold War (Mid 20th Century)Each side had enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other side(understanding) TERM 24 Hahn DEFINITION 24 Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission along with 2 other scientists,Lise Meitner, Fritz Strassmann.Fission: the process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller parts.Date: 1938Location: Berlin TERM 25 Shepard DEFINITION 25 Late 20th CenturyFirst American in spaceSecond TERM 26 Yury Gagarin DEFINITION 26 First human to journey into outer space.Date: April 12, 1961Location: Soviet Union TERM 27 Apollo 11 DEFINITION 27 Thespaceflightthat landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrongand Buzz Aldrin, on the MoonDate:July 20, 1969Location: USA, Space TERM 28 Clean Water/Air act DEFINITION 28 Late 20th centuryUnited States in order to control air pollution TERM 29 Suez Canal DEFINITION 29 Mid 19th century-artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt- Mediterranean to Red Sea-Allowed for sea travel between Asia and Europe without having to travel around Africa TERM 30 Nautilus DEFINITION 30 -First nuclear-powered submarineDate: 1955Location: US TERM 31 Diamler-benz DEFINITION 31 GermanyLate 19th CenturyFirst car TERM 32 Olds DEFINITION 32 first American carEarly 20th Centurycreates assembly line TERM 33 steamboat imperialism DEFINITION 33 Introduction of steam engines to aid in the expansion and colonization of other countries (mainly India with Britain and East India Trading Company)Date: early 1800sLocation: around the world (China, India, Africa) TERM 34 norad DEFINITION 34 North American Aerospace Defense Command-a joint organization of Canada and the United States that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defenseDate: 1961Location: U.S. TERM 35 fritz haber DEFINITION 35 developed method for synthesizing ammoniaused for fertilizers and explosives1918German
