Unit 3: Inventors/Entrepreneurs BR1

Match the following inventor/entrepreneur to his/her invention/business.

• Joy Mangano

• Inventor who discovered the process of vulcanizing rubber in 1839.

• Charles Goodyear

• African American inventor/entrepreneur/engineer who created portable refrigeration units.

• Charles Babbage

• Inventor/businessman who invented Apple Computers in 1976.

• Steve Jobs

• British inventor/mathematican often referred to as "the father of computng."

• Fredrick Jones

• American investor who created the innovative cleaning tool, Miracle Mop, in 1990

Siberian American inventor credited for the design of the alternating current electric system was:

• Lonnie Johnson

• Samuel Colt

• Nikola Tesla

• Garrett Morgan

The two brothers who are credited with being the fathers of modern aviation are:

• Willard and Orgile Wright

• Wilbert and Orvelle Wright

• Will and Orve Wright

• Wilburt and Orville Wright

Philo T. Farnsworth was an inventor who created:

• The first electronic transformer

• The first electronic currency

• The first electrical current

• The first electrical television

The inventor/manufacturer who began experimenting with more durable plow designs, which he then sold to local farmers was:

• John Deare

• John Deere

• John Deer

• John Dear

She was an African American woman who was awarded a patent for her creation, the ironing board.

• Sarah Borne

• Sarah Boane

• Sarah Boone

• Sarah Boree

Jan Matzeliger was: (mark all that may apply)

• A Dutch inventor who revolutionalized the shoe-making technology.

• A Dutch inventor who revolutionalized the shoe design.

• A Dutch inventor who invented the lasting machine.

• A Dutch inventor who invented shoelaces.

________________________ was the inventor/electronics engineer who co-founded Apple Computers. He also worked on technologies related to the universal remote control and wireless GPS technology.