Invention Questions

Who was the inventor of the printing press in the 1430's that made it easier for everyone to be able to make newspapers and books a lot cheaper for people to buy?

• Thomas Edison

• Johannes Gutenberg

• George Washington Carver

• Albert Einstein

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The printing press invention made people what?

• phenomenal (amazing)

• ancient (old)

• compassionate (caring)

• intelligent (smarter)

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Inventor James Watt made it possible for steam to provide a lot of power for steam engines, like trains. When did James do this?

• 1769

• 1721

• 1776

• 1815

What did Samuel Morse create, using an electric telegraph?

• cars

• airplanes

• electricity

• Morse code

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Who invented the electric telephone?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Michael Jackson

• Benjamin Franklin

When did Karl Benz make the first automobile?

• 1812

• 1820

• 1848

• 1885

Why did Henry Ford improve the way cars were made?

• He didn't like Karl Benz

• More people could have cars to get to different places.

• He wanted to get rich off of people buying his cars.

• The cars were cheap and would break more easily.

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Marcus Fleming discovered Penicillin. Why was that a good thing?

• It was a trick to poison people.

• It made them younger when they would take it.

• It saved people's lives and cured them of sickness.

• It gave them more energy.

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How did the internet change the way we interact with people?

• It didn't change the way we interact with people.

• People talk less because they look at screens.

• It's dangerous because of bad people.

• You can talk to people around the world and look things up.

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Write one question you still have about the story "Inventions that Changed the World". It doesn't matter what the question is, as long as it is something from the story that you might want to know yet.

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