Steamboats, Planes and Telephones is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how inventions moved people, goods and ideas faster, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.7.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Steamboats, Planes and Telephones
D2.Geo.7.K-2
NameDate
Match each invention to what it changed.
1.Draw a line from each invention to what it changed.
Steamboat
Telephone
Telegraph
Printing press
A.Sent messages along wires as dots and dashes
B.Let people talk to each other across long distances
C.Carried people and goods up rivers, against the current
D.Made many copies of books quickly
2.Draw a line from each invention to what it changed.
Airplane
Television
Email
Radio
A.Carries people across oceans in hours
B.Brought news and music into homes through the air
C.Brought moving pictures and news into homes
D.Sends a written message around the world in seconds
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.K-2 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Steamboats, Planes and Telephones
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Steamboat — C (Carried people and goods up rivers, against the current) 2. Telephone — B (Let people talk to each other across long distances) 3. Telegraph — A (Sent messages along wires as dots and dashes) 4. Printing press — D (Made many copies of books quickly)
2.1. Airplane — A (Carries people across oceans in hours) 2. Television — C (Brought moving pictures and news into homes) 3. Email — D (Sends a written message around the world in seconds) 4. Radio — B (Brought news and music into homes through the air)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.