Ch 8 Ls 3 New Ways to Communicate

In 1860, a group of people had an idea to set up the _____________.

• Horseback

• Wagon train

• The Pony Express

• telephone

Young men carried mail bags on horseback for __________.

• 75 to 100 miles

• 80 to 90 miles

• 10 to 20 miles

• 100 to 200 miles

In what year did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone?

• 1832

• 1844

• 1901

• 1876

Who invented and patented the telegraph?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Riders

Computer ____________ has also improved communication.

• invention

• cameras

• technology

• signals

The Pony Express only lasted __________.

• 1 year

• 12 months

• 2 years

• 18 months

What year was the first radio signal received?

• 1901

• 1832

• 1860

• 1854

By the late 1940s, many Americans owned a ______________.

• computer

• video game

• Chromebook

• television

_____________ quickly send and receive signals for radios, televisions, cellular phones, and computers.

• computers

• satellites

• technology

• telephones

A ______________ is the right for a person to be the only one to make and sell an invention

• patent

• invention

• technology

• telegraph