TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN THE INDUSTRIAL
AGE QUIZ REVIEW SOLVED #28
How did Henry Ford affect the automobile industry?
He made car production cheaper by improving the assembly line.
He made car production more expensive by making more luxury cars.
He made car production more expensive by mass-producing vehicles.
He made car production cheaper by using customized parts. - correct answer He made
car production cheaper by improving the assembly line.
Which of these inventions arose from an attempt to help hearing-impaired people?
The multiplex telegraph
The telephone
The phonograph
The motion-picture machine - correct answer the telephone
Which of these inventors most directly contributed to changing the way people
functioned during the evening?
Thomas Alva Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Madam C. J. Walker
Samuel Morse - correct answer Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Edison's fascination with what invention inspired him to develop the
phonograph?
The incandescent light bulb
The telephone
The automobile
The telegraph - correct answer NOT the telegraph
(MOST LIKELY the automobile)
How did Granville Woods improve the telegraph?
He made it possible for the telegraph to transmit speech.
He made it easier for ordinary, untrained people to operate the telegraph.
He made it possible for moving trains to have telegraphs.
He made the telegraph easier to carry around. - correct answer He made it possible for
moving trains to have telegraphs.
How was the telephone different from the telegraph?
AGE QUIZ REVIEW SOLVED #28
How did Henry Ford affect the automobile industry?
He made car production cheaper by improving the assembly line.
He made car production more expensive by making more luxury cars.
He made car production more expensive by mass-producing vehicles.
He made car production cheaper by using customized parts. - correct answer He made
car production cheaper by improving the assembly line.
Which of these inventions arose from an attempt to help hearing-impaired people?
The multiplex telegraph
The telephone
The phonograph
The motion-picture machine - correct answer the telephone
Which of these inventors most directly contributed to changing the way people
functioned during the evening?
Thomas Alva Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Madam C. J. Walker
Samuel Morse - correct answer Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Edison's fascination with what invention inspired him to develop the
phonograph?
The incandescent light bulb
The telephone
The automobile
The telegraph - correct answer NOT the telegraph
(MOST LIKELY the automobile)
How did Granville Woods improve the telegraph?
He made it possible for the telegraph to transmit speech.
He made it easier for ordinary, untrained people to operate the telegraph.
He made it possible for moving trains to have telegraphs.
He made the telegraph easier to carry around. - correct answer He made it possible for
moving trains to have telegraphs.
How was the telephone different from the telegraph?
