Ohio Immigration

Which of the following is not an example of a natural resource?

• soil

• coal

• flour

• iron ore

True or False?

Zane's Trace and the National Road are the same thing.

Answer explanation

False.

Zane's Trace was the first trade road built in 1797. The National Road was started in 1806 to connect Ohio with towns and cities to the East.

True or False?

People who do the labor to run the machines and complete the work are called human resources.

Answer explanation

True.

True or False?

Farming in Ohio did not change during the late 1800's.

Answer explanation

False.

There were many new inventions created to make farming easier.

True or False?

Capital resources or goods include things such as machines and tools.

Answer explanation

True.

When Bezaleel Wells started the wool cloth business, he needed capital goods such as buildings, machines and tools to prepare the wool and spin it into different-colored yarn that was then woven into cloth.

What is an entrepreneur?

Answer explanation

An entrepreneur is a person who takes a risk to start a new business.

True or False?

The increasing use of railroads caused the use of canals to decrease.

Answer explanation

True.

Trains could run on railroads all year long. However, canal would freeze in the winter making it impossible to travel.

True or False?

When an industry is a monopoly, there is no competition.

Answer explanation

True.

A monopoly is when one company has complete control over the goods in a certain market.

Ohio's early industries included which of the following?

• farming

• shipbuilding

• coal mining

• all of the above

Select two push factors that led many immigrants to settle in Ohio.

• wars

• not enough capital resources

• hardships, such as famines

• no means of transportation