Inventors! Social Studies Quiz (Benchmark Unit 5, 3rd Grade)

Who invented the very first telephone?

• Alexander the Great!

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Ms. Skuce

Before the telephone was invented, how did people communicate?

Check all that apply!

• Text message

• Writing letters

• Telegraph

• Phonograph

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. What does the phonograph do?

• Record sound

• Send letters

• Keep your lunch cold

• Feed your pets

What other inventions did Thomas Edison invent?

Check all that apply!

• Television

• A pen with a motor

• Cars

• Light bulbs

What California city still uses cable cars from the 1800s to get up their steep, hilly streets?

• San Diego

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• Sacramento

Before the cable car was invented, what animal pulled the San Francisco street cars?

• ox

• horses

• camels

• reindeer

True or False?

People can still ride on cable cars in San Francisco today!

• True

• False

The Gramophone was invented in the late 1880s. What do the Gramophone and the Phonograph have in common?

• They were created by the same inventor.

• They both record sound and can play music.

• They are digital.

The word phonograph means _________________________ in Greek. It's name describes what is does perfectly.

• writing sound

• calling home

• graphing phones

How do people play music today?

• Gramophone

• Cassette Tape

• Vinyl Record

• Digital, from the cloud!