Ch 11 Flour,Lumber, Iron Ore

What are the 3 major industries in MN? Choose the BEST answer.

• lumber, wheat, and steel
• lumber, flour, and iron ore
• houses, flour, and iron
• railroads, flour, and steel

What natural resources make the flour industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.

• flour, railroads, ships
• wheat, good soil, waterfalls
• iron ore, rivers, Lake Superior
• white pine trees, rivers

What natural resources make the lumber industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.

• soil, wheat, rivers
• white pine trees, rivers
• iron ore, Lake Superior
• houses, railroads, steel

What natural resources make the iron ore industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.

• soil, wheat, waterfalls
• iron ore, Lake Superior
• white pine trees, rivers
• steel, railroads, ships

Who is the industrialist associated with the mining industry in the Mesabi Range in ME Minnesota?

• Charles Pillsbury
• Frederick Weyerhaeuser
• Henry Oliver
• All of these

Who is the industrialist associated with the flour industry? He improved the milling process, and purchased a failing flour mill in Minneapolis and turned it into a huge success.

• Charles Pillsbury
• Frederick Weyerhaeuser
• Henry Oliver
• All of these

Who is the industrialist associated with the lumber industry in central and NE Minnesota? He helped MN become the 3rd largest lumber producer in the US.

• Charles Pillsbury
• Frederick Weyerhaeuser
• Henry Oliver
• All of these

What types of machines are necessary to have a successful flour industry? Choose the BEST answer.

• steam powered saws, trains, hot water pumps
• steam powered shovels, ships, trains
• middlings purifier, steel rollers, millstones, trains
• All of these

Which statement BEST describes how Minnesota's landscape has changed over the past 12,000 years?

• Minnesota was once covered in glaciers.  After the glaciers left, they left behind large valleys.  People came to live in these valleys because the temperatures were nice there.
• Minnesota was once covered in glaciers.  After the glaciers left, people moved here and have dug up all the land.  Now all the nutrients are gone and nothing will grow here.
• Minnesota was once covered in glaciers.  After the glaciers left, the many different natural resources here in MN attracted many people.  These people came to MN and have changed the land by creating hills and mountains for us to live on.
• Minnesota was once covered in glaciers.  After the glaciers left, the many different natural resources here in MN attracted many people.  These people came to MN and have changed the land by putting up buildings, digging up the soil, building railroads, etc.

What does the word "industry" mean?

• to put money into something offering potential profit
• the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
• a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major ones
• an owner or manager of a large business