AP World 5.5 Opening Activity: Inventions and Inventors Matching
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which inventor is most closely associated with the Spinning Jenny during the Industrial Revolution?
Richard Arkwright
James Hargreaves
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who developed the Water Frame, a key advance in mechanized textile production?
Richard Arkwright
James Watt
Robert Fulton
Henry Bessemer
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which invention by Eli Whitney transformed cotton processing and labor in the American South?
Cotton Gin
Telegraph
Steam Engine
Lightbulb
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which American inventor is credited with building a practical steamboat for commercial use?
Robert Fulton
James Watt
Wright Brothers
Alexander Graham Bell
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which inventor is best known for creating a commercially practical incandescent lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Henry Bessemer
James Hargreaves
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is credited with major improvements to the steam engine that enabled widespread industrial use?
James Watt
Richard Arkwright
Robert Fulton
Thomas Edison
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which inventor pioneered the telegraph and Morse code, revolutionizing long-distance communication?
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Robert Fulton
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