Question 1

What was the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The second wave of technologic developments

(involved electronics, chemicals, and precision machinery)

Question 2

What is the steam engine?

Accepted Answer

A pump to convert coal into steam

(steam provided energy for machinery; part of the Second Industrial Revolution; created by James Watt)

Question 3

What were coaling stations?

Accepted Answer

Places where steam-powered boats could refuel

(part of the Second Industrial Revolution)

Question 4

Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

Accepted Answer

Creator of the first telephone in the Second Industrial Revolution

Question 5

Who was Gugleilmo Marconi?

Accepted Answer

Italian inventor that pioneered the radio in the Second Industrial Revolution

Question 6

What was the Transcontinental Railroad?

Accepted Answer

A US railway that connected the Atlantic and Pacific

5.5 - Technology in the Industrial Age, AP World History: Modern Flashcards