WorksheetsGrade 8 Quiz Review: New Inventions and Transportation
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Tom Thumb
d)
Cyrus Field
2.
2. What was the purpose of the cotton gin?
a)
to pull cotton from the fields at a faster rate
b)
to remove the good cotton from the bad cotton
c)
to provide storage for the mass supply of cotton that was being picked
d)
to mechanically pull seeds from cotton
3.
3. The steel plow was invented to more reliably plow and till land. Who was the inventor?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
John Deere
d)
Isaac Singer
4.
4. What did Isaac Singer and Elias Howe invent?
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
Sewing Machine
c)
Telegraph
d)
Steel Plow
5.
5. _____ Code revolutionized communication through use of long or short signals of light or sound.
a)
Field
b)
Secretive
c)
Whitney
d)
Morse
6.
6. The ____ Canal was the first transportation link between east and west.
a)
Pacific
b)
Erie
c)
New York
d)
Hudson River
7.
7. Roads that required a charge to travel on were called _____.
a)
highways
b)
beltways
c)
overpasses
d)
turnpikes
8.
8. Robert Fulton's Steamboat the ______ allowed for steamboats to travel upstream for the first time.
a)
S.S. America
b)
Tom Thumb
c)
Clermont
d)
Belmont
9.
9. The "Iron Horse" was the nickname given to the ______.
a)
steamboat
b)
National Road
c)
airplane
d)
steam locomotive
10.
10. During the period of early industrialization, _________ eventually replaced canals as the primary form of transportation.
a)
horses
b)
cars
c)
railroads
d)
airplanes
11.
11. What did Cyrus McCormick invent that mechanically cut down grain?
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Mechanical Reaper
c)
Cotton Gin
d)
Sewing Machine
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