1920s - Vocabulary 701

Some of my leisure activities are reading📖, playing with my dog🐶, and watching movies🎬.

What does leisure activities mean?

• activities people do in their free time

• activities that are expensive

• activities that are popular

What is buying on credit? 💳💰

• borrowing money to buy something now, but pay for it later

• buying something expensive

• the amount of money a person can spend

What are inventions?

• new technology or something that has not been made before

• Places to live outside the city

• Belief that organisms change over time

What is mobility?

• being able to move freely and easily

• having a mobile phone

• a political belief that was unpopular

What are suburbs?

• places to live outside the city

• people who bring things across the border illegally

• a season of the year when it is hot in the US

Electric lighting is an example of a new _________ in the 1920s.

• invention

• dance

• leisure activity

As a result of electric lighting💡, people could work longer hours in factories⌚🏭.

• True

• False

As a result of the electric light bulb, people can work longer hours in factories.

Do you think this good or bad?

• good

• bad

Which of the following were an effect of electricity?

(choose 2)

• new leisure activities like movies and radio

• people can work longer hours in factories

• people bought more things on credit

Why did people have more leisure time in the 1920s?

• They bought things on credit

• New inventions made it easier to do chores

• People moved to the suburbs