Final Exam Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is FALSE about Optical Fiber?
a. It was made in 1970 by Corning Glass.
b. GTE and AT&T tried experimenting with it but failed.
c. It transformed the communication industry.
d. It can send information 65,000 times faster than copper wire.
b. GTE and AT&T tried experimenting with it but failed.
What is FALSE about the Oral Polio Vaccine?
a. It was made in 1957.
b. It was mad by Dr. Albert Sabin.
c. It put an end to the disease.
d. Polio only had minor side effect and only affected adults.
d. Polio only had minor side effect and only affected adults.
What is FALSE about the Television?
a. Philo Farnsworth shows its potential by broadcasting a dancing woman to investors.
b. It was made in 1927
c. Farnsworth receives
backing and applies for a
patent.
d. He didn’t make very much money because of ongoing patent
battles with RCA.
a. Philo Farnsworth shows its potential by broadcasting a dancing woman to investors. (It was a DOLLAR SIGN not a woman)
What is FALSE about Electric Washing Machine?
a. The “inventor” of the
electric washing machine remains
unknown.
b. US electric washing machine
sales reached 913,000 units in 1928.
c. Made women’s lives easier.
d. it was created in 1904.
d. it was created in 1904 (made in in 1923, but discussed in news in 1904)
What is FALSE about the Panama Canal?
a. It was made in 1914.
b. thousands of investors went bankrupt during it’s building.
c. The canal cuts the sailing distance from the East Coast to the West Coast by more than 8,000 miles.
d. it only took 15 yrs to build.
d. it only took 15 yrs to build.
(it took 36 yrs and more then 25,000 men died while it was being made)
What is FALSE about Model T [Automobiles]?
a. It was made by James Toyota
b. created an assembly line that produced 1 car every 93 minutes.
c. It was made in 1908, but discontinued in 1927.
d. were cheap enough for every employee and to own one.
e. 15.5 million Model T’s were sold by 1927.
a. It was made by James Toyota
{Made by Henry Ford}
What is FALSE about the 1903 Airplane?
a. It was gas powered
b. first flight was 59 sec.
c. Wilber Wright flew the plane first
d. First flight was at Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina.
b. first flight was 59 sec.
{it was 12 sec. 2nd flight was 59 sec}
What is FALSE about (1902) Air Conditioning?
a. It controls both temperature and humidity.
b. He will go on to found
his own company, the Carrier
Corporation.
c. Made the invention while working as an engineer.
d.It was made by William Smith.
d.It was made by William Smith.
{It was made by Willis H.
Carrier}
What is FALSE about the (1888) Kodak
Camera?
a. It’s a hand-held box camera for portable use.
b. It’s pre-loaded with 100 exposure film.
c. It prints the photo after it is taken.
d. Introduce in Rochester, New York, by George Eastman
c. It prints the photo after it is taken.
(after shooting the photographer returns the whole camera to the manufacturer for development and a reload.)
What is FALSE about the Incandescent Light Bulb?
a. was backed by $30,000 in research funds.
b. Thomas Edison perfected it
c. JP Morgan and the Vanderbilt invested in it.
d. It was made in September 1771.
d. It was made in September 1771.
(it was actually made January 1881)
When was the shift to modern America?
1880-1920
In the age of the city, when did the city expand to a majority?
1915
How much did the outsourced farmers decline?
From 70% to 7% today
