WorksheetsFast Food Nation Chapter 7
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the name of the book that drew attention to the meatpacking Industry in 1906?
Slaughterhouse
The Jungle
Fast Food Nation
None of the above
What are cattle fed today in the feedlots before they are slaughtered?
Wheat
Grass
Grain
Corn
Who said that human beings working in the Chicago slaughterhouses in the early twentieth century were cogs in a great packing machine?
Roger Horowitz
Jeremy Rifkin
Upton Sinclair
Eric Schlosser
What organization is referred to as IBP?
Iowa Beef Processors
Idaho Beef Processors
Illinois Beef Processors
Indiana Beef Processors
Why did the IBP want their slaughterhouses to be in rural areas close to the feedlots rather than in urban areas?
It was cheaper to purchase land in rural areas.
It allows for more efficiency by cutting out the time for transportation and it is also less likely that the workers will unionize.
It is illegal to have a slaughterhouse in an urban area.
All of the above
Which meatpacking industry was more efficient?
Old Meatpacking Industry
New Meatpacking Industry
The meatpacking industry's employees usually experienced which of the following?
Little job security
Dangerous working conditions
No union support
All of the above
How were butchers effected by the new meatpacking industry?
They become more popular.
The became less popular.
They were unaffected.
How does the meatpacking industry effect towns?
Pollutes them.
Makes them safer.
Provides the town with a more stable economy.
Towns are unaffected.
How were small town farmers effected by the meatpacking industry?
They merged with other small farmers.
The were put out of business by large agribusiness corporations.
Farmers were not effected.
Small town farmers become non-existent.
