Radio History Quiz

Radio History Quiz

9th Grade

12 Qs

quiz-placeholder

Similar activities

STAAR Review: Wars

STAAR Review: Wars

9th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

(U1) Polytheistic Religions & Philosophies

(U1) Polytheistic Religions & Philosophies

9th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

The Boston massacre

The Boston massacre

8th Grade - Professional Development

10 Qs

Industrialization

Industrialization

9th - 12th Grade

16 Qs

Brown V. Board of education

Brown V. Board of education

5th - 12th Grade

11 Qs

India Terms

India Terms

8th - 10th Grade

13 Qs

APUSH Period 4

APUSH Period 4

9th Grade - University

8 Qs

Civil War Causes

Civil War Causes

8th - 12th Grade

16 Qs

Radio History Quiz

Radio History Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Michael Ferris

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

AI

Enhance your content in a minute

Add similar questions
Adjust reading levels
Convert to real-world scenario
Translate activity
More...

12 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first person to correctly understand the electromagnetic nature of radio waves?

Hertz

Marconi

Fessenden

De Forest

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which inventor was granted a patent for wireless telegraphy using radio waves and Morse code?

Hertz

Marconi

Fessenden

De Forest

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who made the first successful transmission across the Atlantic using radio waves?

Hertz

Marconi

Fessenden

De Forest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who made the first radio broadcast on Christmas Eve in 1906?

Hertz

Marconi

Fessenden

De Forest

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who developed the audion, which moved radio to the digital age?

Hertz

Marconi

Fessenden

De Forest

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which act combined and organized federal regulation of telephone, telegraph, and radio communications?

Radio Act of 1912

Radio Act of 1927

Communications Act of 1934

Telecom Act of 1996

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the president of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and recognized the potential of television?

David Sarnoff

William S. Paley

Edward R. Murrow

Orson Welles

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?