Social Studies Vocabulary Quiz - Week of 3/14/23

a person who makes a living digging coal, salt, gold, minerals, or other natural resources out of the earth

• cotton gin

• farmers

• steam engine

• telegraph

• miners

someone who grows plants and raises animals for human use

• cotton gin

• farmers

• steam engine

• telegraph

• miners

a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton

• cotton gin

• farmers

• steam engine

• telegraph

• miners

an electric machine that enabled text communications over a long-distance

• cotton gin

• farmers

• steam engine

• telegraph

• miners

A _____ ____ uses the power of steam to operate machines. The first were invented in the late 1600s. They were used for many years to power trains, cars, ships, and other machines. These machines played a major role in the Industrial Revolution.

• cotton gin

• farmers

• steam engine

• telegraph

• miners

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4