Analyze the relationship between war and technological advancements.

Analysis should include

  • identifying technologies that might include
    • automatic rifles
    • machine guns
    • airplanes
    • tanks
    • submarines
    • trinitrotoluene (TNT)/explosives
    • missiles/rocketry
    • atom bomb/nuclear weapons
    • targeting systems
    • Global Positioning System (GPS)/Geographic Information System (GIS)
    • communications systems
    • sonar
    • radar
  • military events that led to the use of specific technologies
  • the impact of technologies on military outcomes
  • the continuing impact of military technologies on society (e.g., communications, transportation).

Process/Skill Questions:

  • How does history apply to the present day?
  • Why is it important to understand the relationship between war and technology?