NAME: CARL MATTHEW OCAMPO

YEAR AND COURSE: BSBA MM 1-B

SUBJECT: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
ACTIVITY 3
I. Search on the internet and study the following civilizations. Learn about their activities,
culture, and history:
● Mayan Civilization
➔ The Ancient Mayans developed the science of astronomy, calendar systems, and
hieroglyphic writing and they were also known for creating elaborate ceremonial
architecture, such as pyramids, temples, palaces, and observatories. These
structures were all built without metal tools. The Maya were skilled weavers and
potters, and a lot of their entertainment was centred around religious ceremonies
and they played music, danced, and played games such as the Maya ball game.
They developed a written language of hieroglyphs and invented the mathematical
concept of zero. With their expertise in astronomy and mathematics, the Maya
developed a complex and accurate calendar system.

● Incan Civilization
● Egyptian Civilization
● Aztec Civilization

II. Based on what you have learned about the different civilizations, how did science
shaped their\everyday life? Write your answer below.

Science shaped the Egyptian civilization by inventing simple machines, such as ramps
and levers, to aid the construction process and they used rope trusses to support their
ships while adjusting the beam of the ships and Egyptians paper, made from papyrus,
named after the grassy reeds that grew along the Nile, papyrus is a plant that the
Egyptians used to carve, that's what they used in their time and they also made pottery,
they made a lot of it and they exported throughout the Mediterranean Basin, I'm not sure
but it seems like this is what they used to earn and in the following years they even
invented tools that they look forward to in their daily lives such as furniture and
medicines and foods that are new dishes and many others and they also discovered
different the kind of thing that could be called the treasure of the Egyptians