The Greatest Invention of All Time- Storyworks

In the year 1851, millions of people flocked to London to see the world's greatest invention. What was it?

• water filter

• the flush toilet

• cesspits

• sanitation

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In the text it says, wells of drinking water were contaminated. What does the word contaminated mean?

• far away

• made to be used once or twice

• Made dirty or dangerous

• the process of keeping a place clean

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"A New Kind of Toilet" is mainly about what new invention? Type your answer...

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According to the article, about how many people in the world have no access to a toilet?

• 2.3 billion

• 2.3 million

• 2000

• 200,000

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The whole Peeboo bag is knotted and buried in the ground. This is because it is biodegradable. What does this word mean?

• causing problems

• Not able to be broken down by the earth

• the process of keeping a place clean

• Capable of being decomposed by organisms like bacteria

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Anders Wilhelmson, the creator of the peepoo bag is ______ about finding solutions to help the world's poorest people.

• passionate

• bored with

• not interested

• unhappy

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Before the flush toilet, people were dying of diseases such as __________. It killed tens of thousands.

• outbreaks

• cholera

• typhoid

• cesspits

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What countries did Wilhelmson travel to when doing research where he made the realization that having a toilet is more important than having a house?

• North America

• South America

• Canada

• Africa and Asia

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