SS CUA #6

Why did Cyrus McCormick build the reaper?

• to make money because he wanted to be rich

• because he was bored and had nothing else to do

• to help farmers harvest crops faster and easier

• he wanted to be famous

How has new technology affected our communication?

• we can fly quicker

• we can communicate faster

• more patents mean more money

• communication is getting harder

How did Bill Gates program help the computer industry?

• His Microsoft program helped make using computers easier

• He made electric wheelchairs

• He created online games

• He made home security programs

Why is Louis Pasteur's invention of the pasteurization process important?

• it keeps the cost of milk low

• it kills the bacteria so we can safely drink it

• makes the milk taste sweeter

• to spread diseases

According to the caption, Polio

• declared eradicated (remove or destroy) in the Americas

• vaccines were ineffective

• research for vaccines has begun

• vaccines were only for adults

Why are people today living longer than in the past?

• better diseases

• world has less clean water

• breakthrough in technology and medicine

• better notes are taken by students