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SS 5-3.1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Thomas Edison do?

a)

Invented the lightbulb

b)

Made the lightbulb better

c)

Invented factories

d)

Invented the electrical current

2.

Where did the Wright Brothers fly their first airplane for 12 seconds?

a)

Barnwell, SC

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Ocean Isle, NC

d)

Greenville, SC

3.

What is the term for new ideas about how to do something and the equipment needed to do it.

a)

Mass Production

b)

Consumerism

c)

Technology

d)

Computers

4.

Which of the following was NOT required in the manufacture of goods?

a)

beef

b)

raw materials

c)

workers

d)

capital equipment

5.

Who was Andrew Carnegie and what did he do?

a)

He created the meat packing industry

b)

He created the Bessemer Process

c)

He created iron coal

d)

He created oil

6.

Who invented the cotton gin and interchangable parts?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Eli Whitney

7.

Who had a monopoly on the steel industry?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

The Wright Brothers

8.

How did the economy change during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

It went from cotton to fields.

b)

It went from agriculture to manufacturing goods.

c)

It went from the iron to steel industry

d)

It went from small farms to big cities with a lot of people.

9.

Who invented the telegraph?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Eli Whitney

10.

The Industrial Revolution was NOT an important part of history. True or False

a)

True

b)

False