Unit 7 - Quiz 1 Flashcards
(10 cards)
0
Q
What metal helped spur the industrial revolution?
A
Steel
1
Q
What does “gilded” mean?
A
Covered with gold
2
Q
What process helped to make steel cheaper?
A
Besseman process
3
Q
What raw resource - that once it is refined creates gasoline, kerosene, and a distillate?
A
Oil
4
Q
What railroad connects the west to the east?
A
Transcontinental railroad
5
Q
Who were the first in flight?
A
The Wright Brothers
6
Q
What is the name of the dots and dashes used in telegraph messages?
A
Morse code
7
Q
Who invented the telephone?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
8
Q
Who is known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park”?
A
Thomas Edison
9
Q
Name two of the invention of the “Wizard of Menlo Park”?
A
Power grid
Phonograph
Lightbulb
Improved the telephone and telegraph
