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5th Grade History
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Made the gliders that looked much like birds' wings and tails | Otto Lilienthal |
| This museum is where the Wright brothers wrote to so they could learn more about flying | Smithsonian Institution |
| Why did Neil Armstrong carried a piece of cloth from the Flyer when he landed on the moon | He wanted to honor those who mad it possible for him to fly to the moon; to show how far air travel had come |
| Ford introduced the Model T in | 1908 |
| Wilbur and Orville Wright offered their invention to the United States War Department and were immediately accepted | False |
| Gottlieb Daimler introduced the first | Gasoline engine |
| The shop that the Wright brothers owned that gave them knowledge and finances to perform their experiment with flying machines | Bicycle repair |
| This kept some people in England from wanting to own cars or to drive | Red Flag Law |
| This is the ability to move from place to place | Mobility |
| How did the assembly line change business in America | It made it possible to produce more products faster and at a lower cost; benefited the businesses and American people; more people could afford more things; this helped the economy of the nation; much of America's modern comfortable living is due to this |
| Air traffic controllers tell the pilots when and where to take off and when and where to land | True |
| The Wright brothers designed this to study the glider in different wind levels | Wind tunnel |
| What did Charles Manley pilot to become the joke of the nation because the landing was disastrous | Great Aerodrome |
| This became one of the most famous cars in history | Model T |
| What would a car from the early 1900s be considered today | Vintage car |
| To keep his ideas from being stolen, an inventor gets what | Patent |
| In 1903 the Wright brothers made the first flights with an engine-powered machine | True |
| How did driving automobiles changed people's lifestyles | They could take trips whenever they wanted and not depend on railroad's schedule; could have more freedom to do as they pleased; could live and work where ever they wanted |
| Where were the Wright brothers from | Ohio |
| An ancient legend about a boy trying to fly and whose wings of wax melted when he flew too close to the sun was named | Icarus |
| The alarm system that was installed in the Flyer to keep it from being stolen was called a patent | False |
| A machine that flies by riding the air currents | Glider |
| A city on the coast of North Carolina that the Wright brothers tired out their new flyer in | Kitty Hawk |
| The Wright brothers sent news of the first flight to thier father by | Telegram |
| Samuel Langley's failure encouraged the army to go to the Wright brothers and offer them a contract for the building of airplanes | False |
| Name two shops the Wright brothers owned | Printing press shop and a bicycle repair shop |
| The name of the toy helicopter the Wright brothers father bought them when they were young | The "bat" |
| What car was popular after the Model T | Volkswagen |
| Where did Henry Ford get the idea of using an assembly line | A meat packing business in Ohio |
| What did Henry Ford invent that replaced the plowhorses | The tractor |
| Drivers needed a license to drive a car during Henry Ford's time | False |
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