The Cold War and Consumerism

Which decade saw the birth of electronic general-purpose computers?

• 1930s
• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s

Which two superpowers emerged after World War II?

• Germany and Japan
• France and Britain
• China and USSR
• United States and USSR

The Cold War led to massive government spending on what?

• art
• healthcare
• sports
• science and engineering

Which project demonstrated the value of computing during World War II?

• ENIAC
• the Manhattan Project
• EDVAC
• WHIRLWIND

UNIVAC I was significant because it was ___

• the first computer
• a model of computer
• used in the Manhattan Project
• only built once

For which event was a UNIVAC I notably used in 1952?

• predicting weather patterns
• calculating missile trajectories
• code-breaking
• predicting election results

Unlike machines of the industrial revolution, computers could augment ___

• human physical abilities
• human intellect
• mechanical processes
• energy consumption

Who published an article on the hypothetical computing device called the MEMEX in 1945?

• Doug Englebart
• Alan Turing
• Vannevar Bush
• Steve Jobs

In what year was The National Science Foundation formed?

• 1930
• 1940
• 1950
• 1960

Which product in the 1950s signaled the consumer adoption of transistor-powered gadgets?

• television
• transistor radio
• Walkman
• calculator