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Chapter 4 - Busy Cities

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is kerosene?

a)

A type of oil used to light lamps and lubricate machines

b)

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

c)

A type of batteries used to power machines

d)

A type of oil used for cooking

2.

What is petroleum?

a)

A type of oil used to light lamps and lubricate machines

b)

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

c)

A battery used to give power to machines

d)

A type of oil used in cooking

3.

What does it mean to go on strike?

a)

To purify a substance

b)

To apply oil to machinery parts

c)

To stop work in order to get something

d)

To treat people unjustly because of their skin color

4.

What is the definition of a row house?

a)

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

b)

An underground railroad

c)

Treating people unjustly because of their skin color

d)

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

5.

Who was the most important man in the oil industry?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

6.

What does it mean to lubricate?

a)

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

b)

To butter bread to make it taste better

c)

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

d)

To apply paint to the surface of something

7.

What is a Labor Union?

a)

a group of students, ready to learn

b)

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

c)

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

d)

A group of Christians that travel together to spread the Gospel

8.

What is an apartment?

a)

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

b)

an underground railway

c)

homes attached together in a row

d)

name given to a group of people that ran a city

9.

subway

a)

a really long sandwich

b)

an underground train

c)

a path from city to city

d)

an electric train car

10.

what is racial discrimination

a)

Taking away resources from poor people

b)

Giving resources to poor people

c)

Treating people kindly because of the color of their skin

d)

Treating people unjustly because of the color of their skin

11.

What is the machine?

a)

The name given to a group of people who controlled the way a city ran

b)

The name given to a group of people who started social clubs in a city

c)

A name given to a group of men who liked to gamble

d)

a name given to the politicians of a city.

12.

What is Social Darwinism?

a)

belief in Evolution

b)

Belief in the Big Bang Theory

c)

View of society that was based on Darwin's ideas of the Survival of the Fittest

d)

Belief that only the fittest animals survive.

13.

housing where the poorest people lived.

a)

apartments

b)

row homes

c)

suburbs

d)

tenements

14.

what are catechisms?

a)

questions and answers that teach about God and the Bible

b)

Ancient pyramids

c)

Places where you go to buy a pet cat

d)

belief that only the fittest people survive

15.

What is a philanthropist?

a)

A person who refines oil

b)

A person who uses his money to help others

c)

A person who saves all his money for the future

d)

A person who works in a church

16.

What type of community would you find a farm?

a)

Urban

b)

Suburban

c)

Rural

17.

What type of community would you find a skyscraper?

a)

Urban

b)

Suburban

c)

Rural

18.

What type of community would you find a homes with front yards with side walks?

a)

Urban

b)

Suburban

c)

Rural

19.

What type of community would you find a lot of open land?

a)

Urban

b)

Suburban

c)

Rural

20.

What type of community would you find on the outskirts of a downtown?

a)

Urban

b)

Suburban

c)

Rural

21.

What type of community would you find almost no grass, trees, yards, or gardens?

a)

Urban

b)

Suburban

c)

Rural

22.

Who is the most important person in the oil industry?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Rockefeller

c)

Vanderbilt

23.

Who was the most important person in the steel industry?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Rockefeller

c)

Vanderbilt

24.

What was the most important industry after the Civil War?

a)

Oil

b)

Steel

c)

Railroad

d)

Fast Food

25.

What is industry?

a)

The production of food and drinks in order to keep people healthy

b)

The production of goods or services in order to make money

c)

The production of movies and entertainment in order to keep people out of trouble

d)

The production of medicine in order to keep people from getting sick.