Technological and Societal Innovations in American History Quiz
Explore pivotal inventions shaping American society. Test your knowledge on communication, industry, and more in this history of technology quiz.
#1
Which invention is credited with revolutionizing communication in the 19th century?
Telephone
Telegraph
Radio
Television
#2
Which technological innovation is associated with the Wright brothers?
Automobile
Steam Engine
Airplane
Submarine
#3
Who is considered the father of the assembly line production system?
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
#4
What was the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer?
#5
Which technological innovation is credited with the rapid transmission of information during the Renaissance?
Printing Press
Steam Engine
Telegraph
Telephone
#6
What was the first commercially successful video game?
Pong
Space Invaders
Tetris
Pac-Man
#7
Which company introduced the first mass-market personal computer?
Apple
IBM
Microsoft
Commodore
#8
Who invented the first practical telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Guglielmo Marconi
#9
Who is often regarded as the 'father of the Internet'?
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Tim Berners-Lee
Vint Cerf
#10
What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Explorer 1
Sputnik 1
Vanguard 1
Mercury-Redstone 2
#11
What is the name of the first commercially successful microprocessor?
Intel 4004
AMD Ryzen
Motorola 68000
Zilog Z80
#12
Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Larry Page
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