Worksheets13.3 Quizizz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What invention did Alfred Nobel use to fund the Nobel prizes?
Electric motor
Dynamite
Radio
Airplane
Who created the first simple electric motor and the first dynamo?
Thomas Edison
Guglielmo Marconi
Michael Faraday
Joseph Lister
What did Thomas Edison invent in the 1870s?
Radio
Airplane
Electric light bulb
Steamship
What innovation made production faster and cheaper during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Steamships
Interchangeable parts and the assembly line
Electric motors
Railroads
Who developed an assembly line to produce cars in the early 1900s?
Orville Wright
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Alfred Nobel
Who were the pioneers of the air age with their first flight in 1903?
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Guglielmo Marconi and Joseph Lister
Alfred Nobel and Michael Faraday
Whose radio became the cornerstone of today’s global communication network?
Thomas Edison
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Bessemer
Florence Nightingale
Who showed that germ theory is real in 1870?
Robert Koch
Joseph Lister
Louis Pasteur
Florence Nightingale
Who identified the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
Joseph Lister
Henry Ford
Who introduced sanitary measures in hospitals?
Florence Nightingale
Thomas Edison
Alfred Nobel
Michael Faraday
Who discovered how antiseptics prevent infection?
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Robert Koch
Guglielmo Marconi
Where did the most extensive urban renewal take place in the 1850s?
London
New York
Paris
Berlin
What replaced sailing ships during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Railroads
Steamships
Airplanes
Automobiles
What two changes in the 1800s made city life safer and healthier?
Electric streetlights and new sewage systems
More tenement housing and crowded slums
Increased unemployment and unsafe environments
Higher wages and fewer working hours
How did the development of electricity change life in cities?
It increased the number of tenements
It led to the construction of skyscrapers
It illuminated the night, increasing safety
It reduced the need for public education
