WorksheetsChapter 6 Lesson 3 - New Ways to Communicate
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
How did the Pony Express improve the way people communicated?
The Pony Express delivered mail to the West Coast faster.
The Pony Express was faster at sending messages than the telegraph.
The Pony Express riders spoke better English than wagon train drivers.
The Pony Express carried more travelers to the West Coast than
wagon trains.
When people _________________, they pass their thoughts or information to others.
invention
patent
communicate
telegraph
An ________________ is something that is made for the first time.
invention
patent
telegraph
telephone
A __________________ gives a person the right to be the only one making or selling an invention.
invention
patent
telegraph
represent
_________________ began work to develop a telegraph.
Alexander Graham Bell
Guglielmo Marconi
Samuel Morse
Benjamin Franklin
A _____________________ is a machine that sends and receives signals through a thin wire.
invention
patent
telegraph
telephone
Morse Code uses dots and dashes to _________________ letters and numbers.
invent
telephone
telegraph
represent
_____________________ invented the telephone.
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Guglielmo Marconi
Benjamin Franklin
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell developed a machine that __________.
sent messages through the air
played music through a speaker
carried a human voice over a thin wire
carried print messages over a thin wire
How did Guglielmo Marconi change communications technology in 1896?
He invented a way to send pictures without using wires.
He invented a way to send messages without using wires.
He invented a way for people to talk to each other over a wire.
He invented a machine that sent coded messages over a wire.
How did radio and television change communication?
people could receive written messages
people around the world could communicate instantly
people could begin to send messages by using email
people could communicate over long distances through wires
In 1939, the television was _________________ to a large audience at the World's Fair in New York.
introduced
bought
patent
invented
_________________ quickly send and receive signals for radios, television, cellular phones, and computers.
Inventions
Patents
Satellites
Emails
__________________ is the scientific knowledge about how things work.
Inventions
Computer
Television
Technology
____________________ helped to make personal computers possible.
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Bill Gates
Guglielmo Marconi
human voice heard through wires
telegraph
telephone
radio
sends and receives signals through a thin wire
telegraph
telephone
radio
invented by Samuel Morse
telegraph
telephone
radio
signals travel through the air
telegraph
telephone
radio
invented by Alexander Graham Bell
telegraph
telephone
radio
invented by Guglielmo Marconi
telegraph
telephone
radio
Why was the Pony Express system faster at delivering the mail?
The riders didn’t carry mailbags so they could ride faster.
The riders rode nonstop between Missouri and California.
The Pony Express horses were faster than all other horses.
The riders changed horses every ten miles at relay stations.
