Transportation and Communication Quiz

The ______________________ built by Robert Fulton in 1807 made transportation on rivers much quicker and easier for people at that time.

• airplane

• steamboat

• wagons

• telephone

Electrical ________________________ allowed people to send messages using Morse Code over long distances.

• telegraphs

• letters

• television

• automobiles

Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first people to build and fly an ________________________, which made traveling from country to country faster.

• wagons

• airplane

• animals

• steamboat

The first _______________________ were built in the U.S. in the 1800s. They were used to transport people and goods over land across the country for a cheap price.

• television

• steamboat

• animals

• railroads

Alexander Graham Bell invented the ____________________ in 1876, which allowed people to speak to one another over long distances.

• letters

• Internet

• telephone

• airplane

People used ___________________ pulled by animals such as horses or oxen before railroads were built and cars were invented.

• wagons

• railroads

• automobiles

• airplane

Writing __________________ is one of the oldest ways of communicating. People still write them today.

• animals

• television

• letters

• Internet

Henry Ford invented an __________________________ called the Model T in 1908. Before this time, many of the cars sold in the U.S. were too expensive for the average American to own.

• airplane

• television

• railroads

• automobile

_____________________ became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. People watch news programs to get information and shows for entertainment on them.

• television

• Internet

• letters

• telephone

People have been using _________________________ for transportation for thousands of years. Oxen, donkeys, and especially horses were commonly used because they were strong.

• airplanes

• railroads

• telephones

• animals