Ch. 11 MN Lumber Industry

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 lumber industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.

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

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 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

What does the word "industrialist" mean?

• an owner or manager of a large business
• 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
• the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories

What industry used railroads to transport their materials?

• Flour
• Lumber
• Iron
• All 3

Why did Lumberjacks have to boil things like their blankets and clothes from time to time?

• Because they felt like it
• To get rid of rice
• To get rid of lice
• To smell good

What was the tool/machine that allowed lumberjacks and saw mills to run during the winter time?

• Hot water pump
• Electric shovel
• Steam powered saw
• tram car

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

• Made them more expensive & harder to ship
• made them cheaper & easier to ship
• Gave people a way of transportation

Homesteaders who couldn't afford to buy milled lumber had to build their homes from bricks made of _______.

• steel

• wild rice

• sod

• grass