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A Nation of Industry

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'transcontinental' mean?

a)

Connecting two continents

b)

Crossing a national border

c)

Crossing the entire continent

d)

Travelling across an ocean

2.

What does the term "capital" refer to in the context of economics?

a)

The city where the government of a country is located

b)

A type of durable goods

c)

Money or resources used to produce goods and services

d)

The upper section of a column in architecture

3.

What is a raw material?

a)

A finished product ready for sale

b)

A tool used in manufacturing

c)

Something that can be used to make or create a product, such as cotton for clothing

d)

A machine used in production

4.

What does the term "Monopoly" refer to in the context of industry?

a)

A) A board game involving real estate transactions

b)

B) A strategy for marketing products

c)

C) The total control of an industry

d)

D) A type of partnership between companies

5.

What is a telegraph?

a)

A device for listening to music

b)

A machine that communicates messages over long distances by sending signals through wires

c)

A tool for measuring the depth of water

d)

An instrument for recording earthquakes

6.

What is a loom?

a)

A tool used to cut fabric

b)

A tool used to weave fabric

c)

A tool used to color fabric

d)

A tool used to sew fabric

7.

What is urbanization?

a)

The process of protecting rural areas

b)

The process of a region changing to have more or larger cities, or urban areas

c)

The decrease in population of urban areas

d)

The migration of people from urban to rural areas

8.

What is the definition of an investor?

a)

A) A person who lends money without expecting any returns

b)

B) A person who puts money into a business with the goal of making more money

c)

C) A person who donates money to charity

d)

D) A person who exchanges money for goods and services

9.

What is industrialism?

a)

A system in which a society's culture is based on artistic expression

b)

A system in which a society's economy is based on agriculture and farming

c)

A system in which a society's economy is based on machines and factories

d)

A system in which a society's government is controlled by a single political party

10.

What is a loom?

a)

A tool used to cut fabric

b)

A tool used to weave fabric

c)

A tool used to color fabric

d)

A tool used to sew fabric

11.

What is the purpose of a union?

a)

To provide entertainment for workers

b)

To win and protect workers' rights

c)

To manage a company's finances

d)

To organize social events for employees

12.

What does the word "Weave" mean?

a)

To separate fabric into individual threads

b)

To create fabric by lacing together threads

c)

To dye fabric with different colors

d)

To repair damaged fabric

13.

The Statue of Liberty represents ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
freedom
opportunity
life
peace
14.

In this picture, they are celebrating _________________________.

a)

The completion of the Transcontinental railroad.

b)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness

c)

Building new ciites

15.

Match the following

a)

Thomas Edison

1.

Inventor of the light bulb

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

2.

Inventor of the telephone

c)

The Wright Brothers

3.

Inventors of the Airplane

d)

Henry Ford

4.

Inventor if the automobile

e)

John D. Rockefeller

5.

Was an investor, who invested in Steel

16.

Read the excerpt from Chapter 1 above. Then answer the question below.

Why did workers form Unions? Select TWO correct answers.

a)

to stop urbanization

b)

to improve their pay

c)

to guarantee lower prices

d)

to honor American workers

e)

to ensure factories would become safer

17.

If a boss does not listen to the workers they will go on ​ (a)   until they agreed to improve their jobs.

Choose from the below words
strike
work harder
quit their job
18.

Monopolies hurt customers by ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
setting higher prices
having lower prices
holding strikes 
offered better jobs