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Chapter 11: Flour, Lumber, and Iron

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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 iron ore industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.
a)
soil, wheat, waterfalls
b)
iron ore, Lake Superior
c)
white pine trees, rivers
d)
steel, railroads, ships
3.

Who is the industrialist associated with the mining industry on the Mesabi Range in Minnesota?

a)

Charles Pillsbury

b)

Frederick Weyerhaeuser

c)

Henry Oliver

d)

All of these

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)
All of these
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)
All of these
6.
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
7.
What is Industrialization?
a)
Use of factories and machines to make life easier
b)
Using natural resources to make products
c)
Using man-made materials instead of natural resources
d)
Protecting natural resources by not using machines
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
What were the names of the industrialists that helped get the Iron ore industry started in Northern MN?
a)
Jonas Brothers
b)
The Hansons
c)
Merritt Brothers
d)
Morriss twins
13.
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
14.
Which of the following are the 3 key ingredients to a successful business:
a)
natural resources, machines & people
b)
people, money, factories
c)
factories, machines, natural resources
d)
natural resources, money, products
15.
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
16.
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
17.
Main crop used to make flour
a)
corn 
b)
wheat
c)
sugar beets
d)
beans
18.

First full time minister to logging camps

a)

Frank Higgins

b)

Charles Pilsbury

c)

George Bonga

d)

Andrew Carnegie

19.

Which city experienced a fire storm in 1898 due to logging debris?

a)

St. Paul

b)

Hinckley

c)

Hibbing

d)

Grand Rapids

20.

Which technology tool was used in the lumbering industry?

a)

Gas Powered Helmet

b)

Wooden barrels

c)

Cant Hooks

d)

steel rollers

21.

Which of the following is not one of Minnesota's iron ranges?

a)

Cuyuna

b)

Vermillion

c)

Mesabi

d)

Hibbing

22.

Which of the following is NOT a reason the logging industry declined in Minnesota

a)

most of Minnesota's white pines were gone

b)

logging companies moved west in search of new uncut forest

c)

lumberjacks left to work in the mines

d)

not enough new trees were planted

23.

What was a bonanza farm?

a)

farm that was very large and grew a single crop

b)

farm that included logging in the winter

c)

small scale farming operation

d)

farm that was in more than one county

24.
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
25.

Which term means to put money into something offering potential profit?

a)

bushel

b)

industries

c)

invest

d)

mining

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