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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.

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Steamboats, Planes and Telephones

D2.Geo.7.K-2

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Match each invention to what it changed.

1.Draw a line from each invention to what it changed.
  • Telegraph
  • Radio
  • Steamboat
  • Telephone
  • A.Let people talk to each other across long distances
  • B.Carried people and goods up rivers, against the current
  • C.Brought news and music into homes through the air
  • D.Sent messages along wires as dots and dashes
2.Draw a line from each invention to what it changed.
  • Canal
  • Printing press
  • Refrigerated railroad car
  • Railroad
  • A.Carried people across the country in days instead of months
  • B.Carried fresh meat and fruit long distances
  • C.Made many copies of books quickly
  • D.A waterway dug so boats could carry goods inland

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Answer key — Steamboats, Planes and Telephones

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Telegraph — D (Sent messages along wires as dots and dashes) 2. Radio — C (Brought news and music into homes through the air) 3. Steamboat — B (Carried people and goods up rivers, against the current) 4. Telephone — A (Let people talk to each other across long distances)
  2. 2.1. Canal — D (A waterway dug so boats could carry goods inland) 2. Printing press — C (Made many copies of books quickly) 3. Refrigerated railroad car — B (Carried fresh meat and fruit long distances) 4. Railroad — A (Carried people across the country in days instead of months)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.