Quiz on Inventions and Transportation

Who invented the telephone?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Henry Ford

What significant event in communication occurred in 1901?

• Establishment of passenger air service

• Invention of the telephone

• First long distance radio transmission

• First flight by the Wright brothers

Which new source of power was used in transportation?

• Coal

• Wind

• Electricity

• Petroleum

What was developed due to the use of petroleum in transportation?

• Steam engine

• Internal-combustion engine

• Electric engine

• Hydraulic engine

Who were the first to achieve powered flight?

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• The Montgolfier brothers

• Alexander Graham Bell and Guglielmo Marconi

• Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

In what year was the first regular passenger air service established?

• 1903

• 1919

• 1901

• 1925

What type of transportation existed in major European cities?

• Horse-drawn carriages

• Personal cars

• Bicycles

• Streetcars, steamships, railroads, and subways

What did transportation promote according to the text?

• Environmental sustainability

• Cultural exchange

• Local economies

• A true world economy

What was a key factor that led to the second Industrial Revolution?

• The rise of electricity

• The invention of the steam engine

• 
  The discovery of new continents

• The development of agriculture

What type of power stations were developed during the second Industrial Revolution?

• 
  Solar power stations

• Nuclear power stations

• 
  Hydroelectric power stations

• 
  Wind power stations