Nineteenth Century Progress & Rise of Mass Culture

Who invented the assembly line, which transformed the production process in factories?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

• Guglielmo Marconi

What is the theory of evolution as proposed by Charles Darwin?

• Theory that all life on earth developed from more complex forms of life

• Theory that all life on earth developed from simpler forms of life

• Theory that life forms do not change over time

• Theory that life was spontaneously created

What significant process did Louis Pasteur develop?

• Process of genetic modification

• Process of pasteurization

• Process of electrolysis

• Process of photosynthesis

Which scientist is known for advancing the theory of evolution through natural selection?

• Gregor Mendel

• Marie Curie

• Charles Darwin

• Ivan Pavlov

What did Marie and Pierre Curie discover that was crucial to the study of radioactivity?

• They discovered the electron

• They discovered radium and polonium

• They discovered the neutron

• They discovered the proton

What invention is credited to Henry Ford that significantly lowered production costs in the nineteenth century?

• Electric light bulb

• Phonograph

• Assembly line

• Radioactivity

Which of the following elements did Marie Curie discover?

• Helium and Neon

• Radium and Polonium

• Argon and Krypton

• Oxygen and Hydrogen

What did Marie Curie name the powerful form of energy released by the elements she discovered?

• Electromagnetism

• Radioactivity

• Photon energy

• Nuclear power

In what year did Marie Curie and her husband win the Nobel Prize for Physics?

• 1903

• 1911

• 1898

• 1920

Who was an African-American inventor that worked with Thomas Edison?

• George Washington Carver

• Lewis H. Latimer

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass