Historical Figures and Contributions Quiz

What is an inventor?

• A person who studies history

• A person who makes new things

• A person who teaches school

• A person who flies airplanes

Select two people who helped improve travel or communication.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Helen Keller

• Cesar Chavez

Ben Franklin invented ways to use electricity.

• True
• False

George Washington Carver helped farmers by teaching them how to take care of the ____.

• Soil

• Ocean

• Sky

• Cheeseburgers

George Washington Carver studied plants and helped farmers.

• True
• False

Match the action to what it changed.

• Helped people to communicate

• Jackie Robinson Played baseball...

• You learn how to add and subtract

• Your teacher teaches you math...

• Opened doors for other players

• Helen Keller learned to communicate...

Jonas Salk___

• Created a brand new ice cream flavor.

• Drove the first car.

• Went to the moon.

• Created a vaccine to stop sickness.

Who was an inventor? (select 2)

• Thomas Edison

• Taylor Swift

• Steve Jobs

• Lebron James

Who was a Civil Rights Leader? (select 2)

• Steve Jobs

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thomas Edison