WorksheetsChapter 11: Flour & Lumber
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 3 major industries in MN? Choose the BEST answer.
a)
lumber, wheat, and steel
b)
lumber, flour, and iron ore
c)
houses, flour, and iron
d)
railroads, flour, and steel
2.
What natural resources make the flour industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.
a)
flour, railroads, ships
b)
wheat, good soil, waterfalls
c)
iron ore, rivers, Lake Superior
d)
white pine trees, rivers
3.
What natural resources make the lumber industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.
a)
soil, wheat, rivers
b)
white pine trees, rivers
c)
iron ore, Lake Superior
d)
houses, railroads, steel
4.
Who is the industrialist associated with the flour industry? He improved the milling process, and purchased a failing flour mill in Minneapolis and turned it into a huge success.
a)
Charles Pillsbury
b)
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
c)
Henry Oliver
d)
Alexander Ramsey
5.
Who is the industrialist associated with the lumber industry in central and NE Minnesota? He helped MN become the 3rd largest lumber producer in the US.
a)
Charles Pillsbury
b)
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
c)
Henry Oliver
d)
John D. Rockefeller
6.
What types of machines are necessary to have a successful flour industry? Choose the BEST answer.
a)
steam powered saws, trains, hot water pumps
b)
steam powered shovels, ships, trains
c)
middlings purifier, steel rollers, millstones, trains
d)
All of these
7.
What does the word "industrialization" mean?
a)
a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major ones
b)
a rock mineral from which steel can be produced
c)
an owner or manager of a large business
d)
the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
8.
What does the word "industry" mean?
a)
to put money into something offering potential profit
b)
the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
c)
a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major ones
d)
an owner or manager of a large business
9.
What does the word "industrialist" mean?
a)
an owner or manager of a large business
b)
the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
c)
a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major ones
d)
the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
10.
Why did Lumberjacks have to boil things like their blankets and clothes from time to time?
a)
Because they felt like it
b)
To get rid of rice
c)
To get rid of lice
d)
To smell good
11.
What is a Natural Resource
a)
Something Man-Made
b)
Something from Nature that is used by humans
c)
Something that humans create to help nature
12.
Which one of these is an example of a natural resource?
a)
Trees for paper or lumber
b)
Metal saws to cut trees
c)
Lined paper for school
d)
Plywood for building houses
13.
Why was St. Anthony Falls important to both the Lumber and Flour industry?
a)
The river and waterfall provided transportation and water power
b)
Rivers are cool and gave the workers something to look at during their break.
c)
St. Anthony Falls provided clean water to drink and make bread
14.
Main crop used to make flour
a)
corn
b)
wheat
c)
sugar beets
d)
beans
15.
This machine removed the brown flecks from wheat?
a)
flour flecker
b)
wheat smasher
c)
cotton gin
d)
middlings purifier
16.
Why were MN's rivers important for MN's industries?
a)
they provided water for drinking
b)
they served as ways to clean machines and waste products
c)
people could dump their waste products in them
d)
they powered machines & served as transportation routes to ship goods
17.
Lumber millers used to literally toss their logs in a river and let it float downstream to where it needed to go.
a)
true
b)
false
18.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made them more expensive & harder to ship
b)
made them cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people a way of transportation
19.
Which tool was NOT used in the lumber industry?
a)
middings purifier
b)
cross cut saw
c)
hooks
d)
chains
20.
What does the word "bushel" mean?
a)
to put money into something offering potential profit
b)
a unit of measurement for agricultural crops that equals 1.25 cubic feet
c)
a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major ones
d)
a rock mineral from which steel can be produced
21.
Which technology tool was used in the lumbering industry?
a)
Gas Powered Helmet
b)
Wooden barrels
c)
Cant Hooks
d)
steel rollers
22.
First full time minister to logging camps
a)
Frank Higgins
b)
Charles Pilsbury
c)
George Bonga
d)
Andrew Carnegie
23.
Which city experienced a fire storm in 1898 due to logging debris?
a)
St. Paul
b)
Hinckley
c)
Hibbing
d)
Grand Rapids
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