History of Technology Quiz

What marked the beginning of the Stone Age?

• Control of fire

• Invention of the wheel

• Discovery of iron

• Invention of the printing press

What important development took place in the Middle East at the beginning of the Bronze Age?

• Invention of the steam engine

• Invention of the wheel and axle

• Discovery of iron

• Invention of the printing press

Who invented the printing press?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Johannes Gutenberg

What did Henry Bessemer invent in 1856?

• Improved way of making steel

• Synthetic dye

• Electric lightbulb

• Gasoline-powered engine

What technique of mass production did Henry Ford perfect in the early 1900s?

• Assembly line

• Robots

• Solar furnaces

• Integrated circuits

Who produced the first successful airplane in 1903?

• John Fitch

• Igor Sikorsky

• Frank Whittle

• Wright brothers

What did German scientists use in World War II?

• Electricity

• Rockets

• Nuclear energy

• Solar cells

What did Edwin Laurentine Drake drill in 1859?

• Natural gas well

• Coal mine

• Water well

• Oil well

What did William Henry Perkin invent in 1856?

• Synthetic dye

• Electric lightbulb

• Gasoline-powered engine

• Nuclear energy

What did Thomas Edison demonstrate in 1879?

• Electric lightbulb

• Synthetic dye

• Gasoline-powered engine

• Nuclear energy