Inventors and Inventions

The first skyscraper was built in what city?

• Newberry, South Carolina

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Chicago, Illinois

• Atlanta, Georgia

What is a consumer?

• someone who buys or uses goods and service

• A person who is a banker

• A person who invest his own money

• All of the above

Who invented the first typewriter?

• Samuel Morse

• Christopher Sholes

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Watson

What year did the typewriters become available in stores?

• 1891

• 1874

• 1900

• 1800

Name the American scientist who helped grow peanuts and sweet potatoes

• George Washington

• George Washington Carver

• Adam Peace

• Abraham Lincoln

Who invented the telegraph in the mid 1800's?

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Jeannie Buss

• all of the above

What year was the telegraph used for the first time?

• 1873

• 1844

• 1900

• 1853

What is an investor?

• Someone who owns their own business

• Someone who puts money into a business to make a profit

• Someone who builds a portfolio

• Someone who puts money in the bank

Define profit?

• The money an investor earns when the business does well

• The money an investor takes from the bank

• The money an investor takes and gives to a friend

• all of the above

Who started a company to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Wrigley Field

• Cyrus Field

• Bill Bellamy

• George Clooney