Social Study Chapter 5

What did the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 show?

• Changes in a community can happen very fast.

• People change their community over time.

• Communities need continuity.

• Changes in a community happen slowly.

Who was known as "the Father of Railways?"

• Samuel Morse

• William Jenney

• George Stephenson

• Elisha Morse

How did the Model T car made by Ford change transportation?

• They were the first automobiles.

• They made it possible for more people to buy cars.

• They were one-of-a-kind.

• They led to the invention of the airplane.

What do the telephone and the telegraph have in common?

• They were both invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

• They were both invented to replace written communication.

• They were both invented in the 1900's.

• They were both invented to speed up communication.

What civilization invented paper and writing?

• ancient Greece

• ancient Rome

• ancient China

• ancient Egypt

What civilization was the world's first republic?

• Ancient China

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Rome

10 years

• century

• decade

• Millenium

• semi-centennial

The type of government where citizens make the decisions.

• democracy

• republic

• suffrage

• empire

The times we live in today.

• decade

• modern

• century

• republic

a type of government where citizens choose government leaders who make decisions.

• republic

• empire

• democracy

• civilization