The History of Innovations

Where were windmills invented?

• The Middle East

• Asia

• Antartica

• North America

Who sketched the first parachute in Milan?

• Michelangelo

• Vincent van Gogh

• Leonardo da Vinci

Galileo Galilei designed a _____________.

• camera

• thermometer

• microwave

Who invented the first piano?

• Bartolomeo Cristofori

• Henry Ford

• Benjamin Franklin

What was the first steam train used for?

• To move travellers to a different city.

• To haul coal at the Killingworth mine.

• To store ice cubes.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the first ______________.

• watch

• telephone

• chair

Who invented the light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Robert Fulton

In what year was the first electric vacuum cleaner developed?

• 1901

• 1885

• 2001

The Wright Brothers' first engine-powered airplane first flew in ______________.

• Wyoming

• Florida

• North Carolina

This innovation is known as the ______________.

• Printing Press by Johannes Gutenberg

• Thor Washing Machine by Alva Fisher

• Lightning Rod by Benjamin Franklin