Inventors (DA Review)

Use the excerpt to answer the following question.

Which inventor made the historic phone call referenced in The New York Times?

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John Moses Browning

What is the significance of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to the aviation industry?

• The world's first commercial airline flight launched from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1914.

• Frank Whittle, inventor of the airplane jet engine, was born in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1907.

• The world's first powered, sustained flight was performed by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

• Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight when he landed in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1927.

Many of Thomas Edison's early inventions changed life for Americans in the area of

• farming

• transportation

• manufacturing

• communications

George Washington Carver made important contributions to the advancement of

• medicine

• astronomy

• crop science

• energy production

Over time, Thomas Edison's inventions made which form of entertainment less popular in American society?

• movies

• music

• sports

• theater

hich fact would make the BEST evidence to support the statement that "Thomas Edison's most important invention was the light bulb"?

• The light bulb reduced the crime rate in many urban areas.

• Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph, the motion picture, and the stock ticker.

• Americans gained control over light in homes and offices, independent of the time of day.

• The light bulb was first tested by Thomas Edison in 1879; he patented the invention in 1880.

How did the Wright Brothers' most notable invention affect America and the world?

• People could now communicate with voice over long distances.

• More affordable medical options became available through the use of peanut oil.

• People all over the United States could have affordable electricity in their homes.

• Food, medical supplies, and other necessities could be delivered more quickly than previously used methods.

• Products he/they invented from peanuts helped saved agriculture in the south.
• Asphalt was created from his/their work, which is used in structures across the world today.
• He/they aided in war efforts by providing dyes made from Alabama soils when factories were unable to produce them.

All of these describe the work of which late 19th-century inventor(s)?

• Thomas Edison

• The Wright Brothers

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Lived from 1847 to 1922
• Scientist and engineer
• His mother and wife were both deaf
• Credited with inventing the telephone

Who is being described by these statements?

• Thomas Edison

• Cyrus McCormick

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Microphone
• motion-picture camera
• incandescent light bulb

All of these inventions are associated with what great inventor?

• Henry Ford

• George Eastman

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell