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Famous Inventions Recall
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Date:
Instructions: Match inventions to their inventors
- 1.
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
AGuglielmo MarconiBNikola TeslaCThomas EdisonDAlexander Graham Bell - 2.
Who invented the printing press around 1440?
AJohannes GutenbergBGalileo GalileiCWilliam CaxtonDLeonardo da Vinci - 3.
Who is credited with inventing the light bulb for practical use?
ABenjamin FranklinBNikola TeslaCThomas EdisonDMichael Faraday - 4.
Who invented the World Wide Web?
ATim Berners-LeeBSteve JobsCBill GatesDVint Cerf - 5.
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
ACyrus McCormickBRobert FultonCSamuel MorseDEli Whitney - 6.
Who is credited with developing the first successful airplane?
AThe Wright BrothersBCharles LindberghCAlberto Santos-DumontDSamuel Langley - 7.
Who invented the first practical steam engine used in mining?
ARobert FultonBThomas NewcomenCGeorge StephensonDJames Watt - 8.
Who invented the phonograph in 1877?
AAlexander Graham BellBEmile BerlinerCThomas EdisonDNikola Tesla - 9.
Who is credited with inventing the telescope for astronomical use?
AIsaac NewtonBGalileo GalileiCNicolaus CopernicusDJohannes Kepler - 10.
Who invented dynamite in 1867?
ARobert OppenheimerBSamuel ColtCRichard GatlingDAlfred Nobel - 11.
Who invented the sewing machine for practical use?
AElias HoweBBarthélemy ThimonnierCWalter HuntDIsaac Singer - 12.
Who invented the smallpox vaccine in 1796?
ALouis PasteurBEdward JennerCRobert KochDJonas Salk - 13.
Who invented the radio?
AHeinrich HertzBThomas EdisonCGuglielmo MarconiDNikola Tesla - 14.
Who invented the bifocal glasses?
ABenjamin FranklinBGeorge WashingtonCJohn AdamsDThomas Jefferson - 15.
Who invented the television system used for modern broadcasts?
APhilo FarnsworthBGuglielmo MarconiCJohn Logie BairdDNikola Tesla