WORLD WAR II: TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS

WHAT ABOUT WORLD WAR II?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGlRJKsRozA

let's take stock! 1. What was the cause of World War II? 2. Which countries fought in World War II? 3. Which were the turning points of World War II? 4. Why did Adolf Hitler start World War II? 5. How did World War II end?

WORLD WAR II: TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS

1939

JET ENGINES

1945

COMPUTER

1940

1935

1945

CAVITY MAGNETRON

ATOMIC BOMB

RADAR

TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS: THE QUIZ

START

QUESTION 01 OF 10

Who produced The first practical radar system?

wallace

Sir Robert Watson-Watt

the "rad lab"

QUESTION 02 OF 10

how did Radar help the Allied forces in WW2?

detecting enemy ships and planes

advancing technology

killing enemies

QUESTION 03 OF 10

who filed the first patent for the jet engine?

adolf hitler

Frank Whittle

rob wallace

QUESTION 04 OF 10

what was the first country to fly a jet engine plane?

italy

japan

germany

QUESTION 05 OF 10

what does the cavity magnetron generate?

the atomic bomb

microwaves

the radar

QUESTION 06 OF 10

whEN WAS the cavity magnetron INVENTED?

IN 1945

IN 1940

IN 1939

QUESTION 07 OF 10

which was the first computer?

ENICA

ENIAC

ENAIC

QUESTION 08 OF 10

who invented "the bombe"?

Grace Hopper

alan turing

Frances Elizabeth “Betty” Holberton

QUESTION 09 OF 10

where were thre first atomic bombs dropped?

Frances Elizabeth “Betty” Holberton

on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

on tokyo

QUESTION 10 OF 10

who competed most to manufacture and hold as many nuclear weapons as possible?

THE US AND GERMANY

ITALY AND GERMANY

THE US AND THE USSR

RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS!

0 CORRECT

5 CORRECT

3-4 CORRECT

1-2 CORRECT

TASK 3

Learning session

In groups of 4, try to find out which were the many other technological inventions made during WW2. You can use these questions as a guide for your research:

1. Who invented the technology?

2. How was the technology used in the war?

3. Who used the technology during the war?