5.5

Question 1

steam engine

Answer 1

invented by James Watt, this allowed coal to be harnessed to produce steam energy to power the world.

Question 2

James Watt

Answer 2

inventor of the steam engine

Question 3

coal

Answer 3

powerful power source that powered the steam engine and helped produce iron, among other things

Question 4

coaling stations

Answer 4

critical points on waterways and trade routes that supplied coal for steam engines

Question 5

second industrial revolution

Answer 5

began in the late 18th century, this saw the invention of steel, chemicals, precision machinery, and electronics

Question 6

steel

Answer 6

this metal was able to be mass-produced with the invention of the Bessemer Process, it was amazing for buildings and general industrialization

Question 7

Alexander Grahm Bell

Answer 7

patented the telephone, which used electricity to work

Question 8

Guglielmo Marconi

Answer 8

Italian physicist who developed radio and was able to send radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean.

Question 9

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 9

part of an extensive American network of railroads that facilitated US growth, it extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

Question 10

oil

Answer 10

US natural resource that could be used to power machinery and refined into kerosene to power lamps.

Question 11

capital

Answer 11

excess money available to invest in business