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Changes Over Time and Innovators Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes communities to change over time?

a)

Inventions

b)

Contributions

c)

Modes

d)

Transportation

2.

What types of transportation allowed people long ago to move across the country faster?

a)

canoes and sailboats

b)

steam ships and railroads

c)

horses and buggies

d)

walking and running

3.

What is a community of people called?

a)

contribution

b)

transportation

c)

communicators

d)

population

4.

What is something new and different?

a)

contribution

b)

a method

c)

innovation

d)

population

5.

Who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and conducted an experiment that found that electricity is in lighting?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Banneker

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington Carver

6.

What is the act of giving or doing something to help others?

a)

innovation

b)

contribution

c)

transportation

d)

present

7.

Who helped others to overcome their disabilities?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Helen Keller

8.

Which of the following innovations did Benjamin Franklin contribute?

a)

paint from peanuts

b)

ink from soybeans

c)

volunteer fire departments

d)

the library

9.

Who was a scientist and a teacher?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Annie Sullivan

10.

This means long ago or already happened.

a)

the present

b)

the past

c)

the future

d)

the suburban

11.

This person used a kite to prove there is electricity in lightning.

a)

Anne Sullivan

b)

Helen Keller

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington Carver

12.

This person wrote a book about her life even though she could not see.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Anne Sullivan

d)

Helen Keller

13.

Which word is used to describe a place that is close to the city and is mostly made of neighborhoods.

a)

suburban

b)

plural

c)

urban

d)

rural

14.

Which word means happening now?

a)

the past

b)

the future

c)

the urban

d)

the present

15.

Which word means a way to move people or things from one place to another?

a)

population

b)

invention

c)

transportation

d)

community

16.

A place where people live, work, and play is a...

a)

population

b)

community

c)

transportation

d)

communication

17.

A place within a city where people mostly live in apartments and the population is high.

a)

urban

b)

suburban

c)

plural

d)

rural

18.

What plants did George Washington Carver use to make many useful things?

a)

soybeans

b)

cotton

c)

sweet potatoes

d)

peanuts

19.

Which of the following helped to develop faster ways to travel from one place to another?

a)

braille

b)

houses

c)

electricity

d)

light bulbs

20.

How is today different from long ago?

a)

people only walk to travel

b)

there used to be more suburban areas

c)

there are no longer forms of communication

d)

buildings are more taller and the population is greater

21.

Which of the following is an area that has a low population because the houses are spread out over lots of land and the people depend on farming?

a)

urban

b)

suburban

c)

plural

d)

rural

22.

Which of the following are examples of transportation used in the past?

a)

railroads

b)

horseback-riding

c)

airplanes

d)

cars

23.

Which of the following are examples of transportation most used in the present day?

a)

railroads

b)

horseback-riding

c)

airplanes

d)

cars

24.

Which of the following were forms of communication used in the past?

a)

writing letters

b)

smartphones

c)

email

d)

radio

25.

Which of the following are forms of communication used in the present?

a)

writing letters

b)

smartphones

c)

email

d)

radio