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The Industrial Age - Inventions that Changed Society

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are Wilbur and Orville Wright Famous For?

a)

They built a steam-powered model airplane

b)

They invented the gasoline-powered airplane

c)

They introduced the Model T

d)

They designed and built transformers

2.

What is Samuel Langley famous for?

a)

For building a steam-powered model airplane

b)

For inventing the gasoline-powered airplane

c)

For introducing the Model T

d)

For designing and building transformers

3.

What is Henry Ford famous for?

a)

For building a steam-powered model airplane

b)

For inventing the gasoline-powered airplane

c)

For introducing the Model T

d)

For designing and building transformers

4.

What is George Westinghouse famous for?

a)

For building a steam-powered model airplane

b)

For inventing the gasoline-powered airplane

c)

For introducing the Model T

d)

For designing and building transformers

5.

What is the function of the Telephone?

a)

To transmit electrical signals by Morse Code

b)

To transmit speech and sound

c)

To transmit electricity over long distances

d)

To play music using a needle and record

6.

Who was responsible for laying a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866?

a)

Cyrus Field

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

John Thurman

7.

Who invented the Typewriter?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

William Burroughs

d)

Christopher Sholes

8.

Which of the following was Thomas Edison’s most important invention?

a)

The electric lightbulb

b)

The vacuum cleaner

c)

The instant camera

d)

The circuit breaker

9.

Who was responsible for creating the assembly line?

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Granville Woods

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Charles Sorensen

10.

Lewis Latimer did not invent, but he did vastly improve the

a)

Automobile engine

b)

Lightbulb

c)

Telegraph

d)

Telephone