Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin 5.5.4 ALL

Multiple Choice

The teacher _______________ the class to see who was paying attention.

• planted

• sing

• efficient

• observed

Multiple Choice

The cotton gin separated the seeds from the cotton ___________.

• demand

• lucrative

• fibers

• patent

Multiple Choice

What is a plantation?

• a large city

• a large farm

• a large machine

• a large planet

Multiple Choice

Picking the cotton seeds out by hand is _____________ work that is boring and takes a long time.

• tedious

• demand

• lucrative

• patent

Multiple Choice

Picking the seeds out by hand was also _______________.

• patent

• exciting

• fun

• labor-intensive

Multiple Choice

When an inventor invents something new, they need to get a __________ so that no one else can steal their idea.

• patent

• demand

• plantation

• efficient

Multiple Choice

This means that a lot of people want something or that they are asking forcefully for something.

Example: GIVE ME CANDY NOW!!!!

• plantation

• demand

• tedious

• efficient

Multiple Choice

To do something with very little time wasted is to do it _______________.

• demand

• efficiently

• labor-intensive

• fiber

Multiple Choice

This means to make a lot of money doing something.

Example: Growing cotton was very ____________. A lot of people wanted to buy it and the people selling it made a lot of money.

• cotton gin

• fiber

• lucrative

• plantation

Open Ended

Why did many farmers in the Cotton Belt choose to grow cotton rather than other crops?