Inventors Quick Check

What does innovation mean?

• a person who creates something new

• a group of inventors

• something that is created for the first time

• to improve something or make it better

Which word means farming?

• agriculture

• communication

• industry

• transportation

Who invented the phonograph and made improvements to the light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Henry Ford

Who invented different products using peanuts, was a scientist, and taught others about the benefits of crop rotation?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Henry Ford

How did Alexander Graham Bell change the world?

• He helped Southern Farmers live a better life
• He made it a lot easier for people to travel
• He made it  easier for people to communicate by phone
• He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day.

Who invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903.

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

What impact on American life did the Wright Brothers have?

• They built and successfully flew the first airplane making flight possible for people.
• They invented the printing press, making it possible for people to print books and papers more easily.
• They built the Panama Canal making it more efficient to ship between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
• They came up with the light bulb filament for Thomas Edison.

Which of these inventors was responsible for helping farmers learn about crop rotation?

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• George Washington Carver

• Alexander Graham Bell