This document appears to be a series of short answer questions from Chapter 1 of a textbook. It asks the student to define technology, discuss the evolution of the word "technology" from Greek roots, and describe the key elements of the system that Thomas Edison created to support the commercial success of the incandescent light bulb. It also contains questions about technological change, sigmoid curves, progressive vs ambivalent technologies, feedback principles, rationality in technology development, and technological determinism versus social constructivism.