Mystery Doug - Bicycle Invention

The bicycle was invented for everything except:

• To get to a destination faster without having to walk.

• To help deliver things.

• To ride in their homes.

• To exercise.

The earliest bicycle was created due to a natural disaster.

• True

• False

Where did Mount Tambora erupt in 1815?

• United States

• Mexico

• Indonesia

• Peru

What is a synonym for enormous?

• little

• insane

• small

• huge

Why was the year following the volcanic eruption called the "Year without summer?" Give two reasons.

Who invented the first bicycle?

• George Washington

• Karl von Drais

• Garret Morgan

• The Wright Brothers

What problem did bicycles solve?

What was the name of the first bicycle?

• Unicycle

• Tricycle

• Laufmachine

• Riding machine

Women did not benefit from bicycles in the Unites States?

• False

• True

What is the central idea of this video?

• The first bicycle model was called the LaufMaschine

• Karl von Drais invented the first bicycle.

• How and why bicycles were invented.

• Bicycles are fun.