Test 8b

Who developed a new process for making steel from iron in 1856?

• 1. Henry Bessemer
• 2. Alfred Nobel
• 3. Michael Faraday
• 4. Thomas Edison

Who invented dynamite in 1866?

• 1. Henry Bessemer
• 2. Alfred Nobel
• 3. Michael Faraday
• 4. Thomas Edison

Who created the first electric motor in the 1800s?

• 1. Henry Bessemer
• 2. Alfred Nobel
• 3. Michael Faraday
• 4. Thomas Edison

What is a machine that is used to generate electricity?

• 1. Henry Bessemer
• 2. Alfred Nobel
• 3. Michael Faraday
• 4. dynamo

Who made the first electric light bulb in the 1870s?

• 1. Henry Bessemer
• 2. Alfred Nobel
• 3. Michael Faraday
• 4. Thomas Edison

What are identical components that could be used in place of one another in manufacturing called?

• 1. interchangeable parts
• 2. assembly line
• 3. Orville and Wilbur Wright
• 4. Guglielmo Marconi

What is a production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks called?

• 1. interchangeable parts
• 2. assembly line
• 3. Orville and Wilbur Wright
• 4. Guglielmo Marconi

Who designed and flew an airplane in 1903, ushering in the air age?

• 1. interchangeable parts
• 2. assembly line
• 3. Orville and Wilbur Wright
• 4. Guglielmo Marconi

Who developed the radio in the 1890s?

• 1. interchangeable parts
• 2. assembly line
• 3. Orville and Wilbur Wright
• 4. Guglielmo Marconi

What are shares of a company called?

• 1. stock
• 2. corporation
• 3. cartel
• 4. Great Britain