Inventions Shape Communities

Invention means:

• Making something for the first time

• Using old things

• A place to visit

• A person who creates something

Which word means a very tall building?

• elevator

• skyscraper

• mountain

• tree

Mark all the inventions that came along with the skyscraper invention.

• telephone

• steel

• elevator

• light

Chicago is known as the city of skyscrapers.

• True

• False

The fire started in Chicago because of thunder.

• True

• False

What did Elisha Otis invent?

• Play station 3

• A rocket

• Elevators' breaks

• An elevator

Sears Tower in Chicago rises less than 110 stories.

• True

• False

When did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?

• 1999

• 1900

• 1879

• 2009

Henry Bessemer __________ a way to turn _________ into steel.

Check all the things that are found in John Hancock Center

• Has parking spaces for 1,400 cars

• Over 20,000 people work in the building

• Has a special farm

• Has 50 elevators