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Inventors! Social Studies Quiz (Benchmark Unit 5, 3rd Grade)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the very first telephone?

a)

Alexander the Great!

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Ms. Skuce

2.

Before the telephone was invented, how did people communicate?

Check all that apply!

a)

Text message

b)

Writing letters

c)

Telegraph

d)

Phonograph

3.

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. What does the phonograph do?

a)

Record sound

b)

Send letters

c)

Keep your lunch cold

d)

Feed your pets

4.

What other inventions did Thomas Edison invent?

Check all that apply!

a)

Television

b)

A pen with a motor

c)

Cars

d)

Light bulbs

5.

What California city still uses cable cars from the 1800s to get up their steep, hilly streets?

a)

San Diego

b)

Los Angeles

c)

San Francisco

d)

Sacramento

6.

Before the cable car was invented, what animal pulled the San Francisco street cars?

a)

ox

b)

horses

c)

camels

d)

reindeer

7.

True or False?

People can still ride on cable cars in San Francisco today!

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Gramophone was invented in the late 1880s. What do the Gramophone and the Phonograph have in common?

a)

They were created by the same inventor.

b)

They both record sound and can play music.

c)

They are digital.

9.

The word phonograph means _________________________ in Greek. It's name describes what is does perfectly.

a)

writing sound

b)

calling home

c)

graphing phones

10.

How do people play music today?

a)

Gramophone

b)

Cassette Tape

c)

Vinyl Record

d)

Digital, from the cloud!

11.

True or False?

Inventors all over the world create new inventions to make people's lives better and easier.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False?

Anyone can be an inventor if they have an idea, work hard, and never give up!

a)

True

b)

False