Chapter 4 - Busy Cities

What is kerosene?

• A type of oil used to light lamps and lubricate machines

• A type of oil drilled from the ground that replaced whale oil

• A type of batteries used to power machines

• A type of oil used for cooking

What is petroleum?

• A type of oil used to light lamps and lubricate machines

• A type of oil drilled from the ground that replaced whale oil

• A battery used to give power to machines

• A type of oil used in cooking

What does it mean to go on strike?

• To purify a substance

• To apply oil to machinery parts

• To stop work in order to get something

• To treat people unjustly because of their skin color

What is the definition of a row house?

• A set of rooms within a building that a person or family can rent to live in

• An underground railroad

• Treating people unjustly because of their skin color

• A house in a row of houses without any space between them

Who was the most important man in the oil industry?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What does it mean to lubricate?

• To apply oil to machinery parts to help them move more easily

• To butter bread to make it taste better

• To add water to a machine so that it will not overheat

• To apply paint to the surface of something

What is a Labor Union?

• a group of students, ready to learn

• A group of parents, that bond together to help their children

• A group of workers that unite together and may go on strike

• A group of Christians that travel together to spread the Gospel

What is an apartment?

• A set of rooms within a building that a person or family will rent to live in

• an underground railway

• homes attached together in a row

• name given to a group of people that ran a city

subway

• a really long sandwich

• an underground train

• a path from city to city

• an electric train car

what is racial discrimination

• Taking away resources from poor people

• Giving resources to poor people

• Treating people kindly because of the color of their skin

• Treating people unjustly because of the color of their skin