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WorksheetsWar of the Currents
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is this?
a)
George Westinghouse
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Thomas Edison
2.
Who is this?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
George Westinghouse
c)
Nikola Tesla
d)
Samuel Clemens
3.
Who is this?
a)
Nikola Tesla
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Thomas Edison
4.
Who is this?
a)
Samuel Clemens
b)
Fog Horn Leghorn
c)
Nikola Tesla
5.
When was Thomas Edison born?
a)
October 7th 2011
b)
July 4th 1776
c)
Feb 11th 1847
6.
Thomas Edison believed in AC power?
a)
true
b)
false
7.
Nikola Tesla holds the patent for radio?
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What does AC stand for?
a)
Direct Current
b)
Alternating Current
c)
After Christ
9.
What year was the Columbian Exposition?
a)
1914
b)
1893
c)
2012
10.
Where was the Columbian Exposition held?
a)
New York
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Chicago
11.
Where falls did Tesla and Westinghouse use to electrify Buffalo NY.
a)
Penn
b)
Niagara
c)
Victoria
12.
True or FalseTesla held the patent for the Radio
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Wardenclyff Tower was the first radio broadcast tower.
a)
False
b)
True
14.
Tesla built a death ray used in WWII.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What did Edison create to prove AC power was dangerous?
a)
Electric Chair
b)
Electric trains
c)
Light Bulb
16.
What did Edison electrocute to prove AC was dangerous.
a)
Elephants
b)
Dogs
c)
Camels
17.
What did Westinghouse invent to make his first money as an inventor?
a)
Train Air brake system
b)
Light bulbs
c)
Ac Motor
18.
True or FalseTesla won a Nobel Prize
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What year was Nikola Tesla Born?
a)
1132
b)
1902
c)
1856
20.
What year did Tesla die ?
a)
1492
b)
1942
c)
1943
21.
What restaurant did Tesla eat at everyday?
a)
Sam's
b)
Delmonico's
c)
Spago
22.
Where was Tesla born?
a)
Montenegro
b)
Smilijan
23.
What room was Tesla in when he died?
a)
227
b)
3327
c)
1942
24.
What hotel was Tesla in when he died?
a)
New Yorker
b)
Cosmopolitan
c)
Four Seasons
25.
Tesla created the first remote controlled vehicle?
a)
True
b)
False
26.
What animal was Tesla most friendly with?
a)
pigeons
b)
robins
c)
squirrels
27.
The remote control was invented by Nikola Tesla in
a)
1898
b)
1928
c)
1948
d)
1968
28.
What did Thomas Edison invent?
a)
a light bulb with a carbon filament
b)
the typewriter
c)
the radio
d)
the automobile
29.
What was George Westinghouse known for?
a)
his monopoly of the oil industy
b)
developing a new technology for delivering electiricty
c)
controlling the banking industry
d)
building a steel empire
30.
Edison and Westinghouse both worked wonders with
a)
oil
b)
electricity
c)
steel
d)
mail deleivery
31.
What impact did the light bulb have?
a)
It created the possibility of home-based businesses
b)
It caused immigrants to continue to live in cities
c)
It enabled trains to operate at night
d)
It replaced dangerous kerosene lamps and candles in city apartments
32.
What did George Westinghouse do?
a)
Invented the light bulb
b)
Discovered electricity
c)
Perfected the assembly line
d)
Harnessed electricity for factory use
33.
Thomas Edison spent many hours in his laboratory trying to make a lightbulb. What does "laboratory mean?"
a)
a place where a scientist eats
b)
a house where a scientist lives
c)
a room where a scientist sleeps
d)
a place where a scientist works
34.
What is the topic Chapter 3?
a)
Tom Edison made a light that was safe to use.
b)
Tom Edison worked for more than a year.
c)
Tom Edison had lots of ideas.
35.
Do utility companies still provide people with electricity today?
a)
true
b)
False
36.
Thomas Edison was an
a)
Electrician and farmer
b)
President and lawyer
c)
inventor and engineer
d)
printer and Librarian
37.
Why do you think Thomas Edison is important?
a)
Because he has created many helpful inventions that have made our lives easier and better.
b)
Because he is a funny, loving,many kind person.
c)
Because he invented the first TV, and a lot of people love to watch it.
d)
Because he was a founding father of our country.
38.
Thomas Edison was afraid of what?
a)
Nightmares
b)
dark
c)
snakes
d)
thunder
39.
He invented the electric light bulb in 1879 at his laboratory in New Jersey called Menlo Park.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
The Wright Brothers
40.
A ________ is a limited duration property right relating to an invention, granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in exchange for public disclosure of the invention.
a)
Patent
b)
Copyright
c)
Trademark
41.
This person is credited with over 1000 patented inventions. He is known for his moving picture, phonograph, and carbon microphone.
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Tom Akers
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Thomas Jefferson
42.
JP Morgan created United States Steel, International Harvest, and which other company?
a)
General Electric
b)
United Automobiles
c)
General Mills
d)
United States Petroleum
43.
American financier and banker who eventually purchased Andrew Carnegie's steel company and renamed it United States Steel and reorganized the railroad to be more efficeint/ make more money
a)
J.P. Morgan
b)
William G Sumner
c)
William Haywood
d)
Joseph Glidden
44.
Robber Baron or Captain of Industry?
In 1895, JP Morgan loaned the US government $65 million to help safeguard the government from collapse.
In 1895, JP Morgan loaned the US government $65 million to help safeguard the government from collapse.
a)
Robber Baron
b)
Captain of Industry
45.
Which components of industrial growth do these examples best match up with?
Edison and Graham Bell
Edison and Graham Bell
a)
Machinery
b)
Inventions and technology
c)
Improved transportation
d)
Effects of War
46.
Carnegie, Rockefeller or Morgan: Financed steel corporations and loaned money to the US government
a)
Carnegie
b)
Morgan
c)
Rockefeller
47.
Edison is famous for being a prolific inventor. How many patents does he hold?
a)
Over 100
b)
Over 10,000
c)
Over 1,000
d)
Over 2,000
48.
Tesla said to Edison, "So confess to your thefts, and let the whole world know,"
a)
Most of Edison's inventions were either stolen or improvised versions of other inventions, and people had no idea.
b)
People think that Edison stole lots of invention.
c)
Edison eventually confessed to "borrowing" several key inventions without permission.
49.
Tesla said, "You did not steal from me; you stole me from mankind!" What did he mean?
a)
Edison did not just steal Tesla's inventions, but Edison just stole these inventions from humanity, which could have been used for them.
b)
teslas inventions could have made more money if they were stolen by a greedy person.
c)
Edison did not possess the intellect to properly utilize Tesla's inventions.
50.
Edison said, "The truth hertz." The term "hertz" means...
a)
The Hertz is a unit of measurement for the frequency of electromagnetic waves.
b)
Electricity can cause pain.
c)
The level of energy can regulate the truthfulness of the device powered.
51.
Tesla said, "It's the wireless transmission of truth." What did he mean?
a)
One of Tesla's final inventions was a wireless electrical transmitter.
b)
Edison insisted that wired transmission was dangerous and unneeded.
c)
Tesla claimed that his wireless transmitter was better than Edison's wired transmission.
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