PLTW CIM-Unit 1/Lesson 1.1/History of Manufacturing

•Manufacturing accounts for what percentage of the US gross domestic product

• about 12%

• about 10%

• about 15%

• not sure

•Manufacturing employs what percentage of the U.S. workforce

• about 8 %

• about 12 %

• about 10 %

• not sure

People that are skilled in making a particular product.

• Artisans

• Specialists

• Workers

• Not sure

Prior to 19th Century, products are made by highly skilled people.

• True

• False

Prior to 19th century, mass production is costly and untimely because of what reason?

• Each item is made one at a time

• People are lazy

• Not much raw materials available

• Not sure

What did Henry Ford introduce in the 1900s to improve mass production?

• Assembly line

• Hire more skilled people

• Pay skilled people more

• Conveyor belt

Ford’s idea was that manufacturing could be sped up if the assembling process was broken down into smaller parts so that...

• unskilled laborers could be used

• skilled laborers could be used

• robots could be used

• not sure

Prior to 19th century, Eli Whitney invented this to process cotton.

• cotton gin

• cotton production system

• cotton maker machine

• not sure

Eli Whitney was also behind the idea of what manufacturing breakthrough?

• interchangeable parts

• production line

• robotic manufacturing process

• not sure

Eli Whitney also adapted the mass production system in the manufacturing of what product?

• muskets

• cars

• tires

• not sure