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Chapter 5 SS
| 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. |