Social Studies Chapter 5

Question 1

Thomas Edison

Answer 1

Invented the light bulb

Question 2

Skyscraper

Answer 2

A very tall building found in cities

Question 3

William Le Beron Jenny

Answer 3

Built the first skyscraper

Question 4

Elevator

Answer 4

It moves people up and down in a building

Question 5

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 5

Used someone’s invention to produce large amounts of steel

Question 6

Vaccine

Answer 6

A liquid made from the dead or weakened cells of a disease

Question 7

Henry Bessemer

Answer 7

Invented a way to produce large amounts of steel quickly

Question 8

Invention

Answer 8

Something made for the first time

Question 9

Elisha Otis

Answer 9

Invented a safety device for elevators

Question 10

Contrast

Answer 10

To tell how things are different

Question 11

Charles Drew

Answer 11

Studied how to preserve blood

Question 12

Jane Adams

Answer 12

Started Hull House

Question 13

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 13

Started a school for deaf people

Question 14

Louis Pastuer

Answer 14

Discovered living things called germs. Developed pasteurization process.

Question 15

Jonas Salk

Answer 15

Developed polio vaccine to fight polio

Question 16

Preserve

Answer 16

To store something so it can be used later

Question 17

Pasteurization

Answer 17

A method of heating food to kill germs

Question 18

Compare

Answer 18

To tell how things are alike