| A | B |
| Agriculturally based society | majority of people works on farms being selfsufficient. Society centered around farming. |
| Basic human needs | food, shelter, communication, clothing, water |
| Boilogically related technology | work related to plants, animals, and humans medicine, helth, and well being |
| Careers | long term occupation |
| Industrially based society | majority of people work in factories earning money to buy goods and services. Society based around manufacturing. |
| Information based society | majority of peolpe work in information gathering, organizing, and publishing. |
| Inovation and invention | ability to improve ones life style by design and developing new and improved ways to help us have a better life. |
| Manual | work done by hand using human power. |
| Manufacturing | building of products in a workshop or factory. |
| Needs and wants | desires to improve our life style and make ourselves more confortable |
| Generic | not a brand name |
| Physical technology | area relating to material things |
| Simple machines | lever, pulley, wheel, and axle, inclined plane, screw, and wedge |