Turn of the Century inventors quick check

Where did the Wright Brothers first flight take place?

• Warner Robins Air Force Base

• Charlotte, North Carolina

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Where did George Washington Carver conduct his research?

• The Institute of Science, Kitty Hawk, NC

• Georgia State University

• The Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama

• University of North Carolina

How did George Washington Carver's research and inventions with peanuts help the people living during that time?

• It helped farmers have less wasted food.

• It helped poor southern farmers vary their crops and improve their diets.

• It prevented people with allergies from having a bad reaction.

• It gave moms foods their picky children would eat.

How do George Washington Carver’s inventions affect our lives today?

• It prevents people in the South from overpaying for peanuts

• It made peanuts the most popular crop in the United States

• It made people want to become inventors.

• It saved the agricultural economy of the rural South

Why was the invention of the telephone important during that time?

• It improved communication between businesses and people.

• It allowed people to call their families every day.

• It started a new way for people to make money.

• It allowed people to make reservations from their own home.

Why are Thomas Edison’s inventions important to remember during today’s time?

• They helped bring indoor plumbing to all households.

• They helped people travel to new locations faster.

• They helped set the stage for modern electric world.

• They helped set the stage for the future of transportation.

George Washington Carver gave the world the idea of growing different crops on the same land each year to replenish the nutrients. Which word below best describes this idea?

• Aviation

• Research

• Crop Rotation

• Contribution

Producer of the light bulb, kinescope, and phonograph.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers

• George Washington Carver

African American Scientist who taught farmers about crop rotation.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Wright Brothers

A farmer in Mississippi plants cotton one year, then peanuts the next year, and continues to

rotate his crops yearly. This practice of farming can be mostly traced to which scientist?

• Orville Wright

• Thomas Edison

• William McKinley

• George Washington Carver