Question | Answer |
Who was known as "the Father of Railways" after he developed the train engine? | George Stephenson |
How do inventors make changes to the community? | They come up with new ideas to improve the way people live and work. |
What do the telegraph and the telephone have in common? | They were both invented to speed up communication. |
How did Ford's Model T cars change transportation? | They made it possible fore more people to buy cars. |
Which civilization invented paper and printing? | Ancient China |
10 years | decade |
the tools people use every day | technology |
a government in which citizens choose government leaders who make decisions | republic |
the times we live in today | modern |
the right to vote | suffrage |
a large group of people living in a well-organized way | civilization |
all the land and people under the control of a powerful nation | empire |
type of government in which citizens make the decisions | democracy |
How have inventions changed the way we live? | They make life easier. |
Who invented the telegraph? | Samuel Morse |
Who invented one of the first telephones? | Alexander Graham Bell |
Who invented one of the first cars? | Henry Ford |
What are some examples of "fast changes" in communities? | Fire, Tornado, Flash Flood |
What is a primary source? | A source from that time or a person who was really there. |
What is a secondary source? | A person who was NOT there writes or paints about a time or event. |