Midterms

Question 1

he abbreviation “ca,” which stands for the Latin… meaning
“around.”

Answer 1

circa

Question 2

(1776) The first steam engines was invented by a Scottish engineer

Answer 2

James Watt

Question 3

(1781) One of the
first factories in what became known as the
Industrial Revolution.

Answer 3

The Manchester factory

Question 4

(1796) more vaccines
being developed for other diseases.

Answer 4

Edward Jenner

Question 5

(1979) …became the first
disease to be completely eradicated by
a vaccine

Answer 5

Smallpox

Question 6

(1800) he
created an electric battery by putting moisture
between zinc and copper disks.

Answer 6

Alessandro Volta

Question 7

(1821) INVENTS ELECTRIC MOTOR

Answer 7

Michael Faraday

Question 8

opened the first full-scale power plant in 1882

Answer 8

Thomas Edison

Question 9

(1822) Invented a computer

Answer 9

Charles Babbage

Question 10

(1824) Braille was invented

Answer 10

Louis Braille

Question 11

(1825) BUILDS FIRST STEAM RAILWAY

Answer 11

George Stephenson

Question 12

(1854) she promoted her ideas in hospitals. She began a nursing school and wrote books and articles about hospitals, sanitation and nursing.

Answer 12

Florence Nightingale

Question 13

(1876) REFRIGERATOR INVENTED / German engineer discovered a process for liquefying gas to make it cold.

Answer 13

Carl Von Linde

Question 14

(1876) Invents telephone

Answer 14

Alexander Graham Bell.

Question 15

(1880) Invented light bulb

Answer 15

Thomas Edison

Question 16

(1885) began building a three-wheeled vehicle with wire wheels, like a bicycle, and an engine between the rear wheels. (motorwagen)

Answer 16

Karl Benz

Question 17

(1914) He came up with a way to manufacture cars on an
assembly line.

Answer 17

Henry Ford

Question 18

(1900) Television was invented

Answer 18

Philo Farnsworth

Question 19

(1903) Flies the first airplane

Answer 19

Wilbur/ Orville Wright