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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the 3 major industries in MN? Choose the BEST answer.lumber, wheat, and steellumber, flour, and iron orehouses, flour, and ironrailroads, flour, and steel
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat natural resources make the lumber industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.soil, wheat, riverswhite pine trees, riversiron ore, Lake Superiorhouses, railroads, steel
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho 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.Charles PillsburyFrederick WeyerhaeuserHenry OliverAll of these
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement BEST describes how Minnesota's landscape has changed over the past 12,000 years?Minnesota was once covered in glaciers. After the glaciers left, they left behind large valleys. People came to live in these valleys because the temperatures were nice there.Minnesota was once covered in glaciers. After the glaciers left, people moved here and have dug up all the land. Now all the nutrients are gone and nothing will grow here.Minnesota was once covered in glaciers. After the glaciers left, the many different natural resources here in MN attracted many people. These people came to MN and have changed the land by creating hills and mountains for us to live on.Minnesota was once covered in glaciers. After the glaciers left, the many different natural resources here in MN attracted many people. These people came to MN and have changed the land by putting up buildings, digging up the soil, building railroads, etc.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "industry" mean?to put money into something offering potential profitthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factoriesa specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major onesan owner or manager of a large business
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "industrialist" mean?an owner or manager of a large businessthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factoriesa specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major onesthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat industry used railroads to transport their materials?FlourLumberIronAll 3
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Lumberjacks have to boil things like their blankets and clothes from time to time?Because they felt like itTo get rid of riceTo get rid of liceTo smell good
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the tool/machine that allowed lumberjacks and saw mills to run during the winter time?Hot water pumpElectric shovelSteam powered sawtram car
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?Made them more expensive & harder to shipmade them cheaper & easier to shipGave people a way of transportation
- 11. Multiple Choice
Homesteaders who couldn't afford to buy milled lumber had to build their homes from bricks made of _______.
steel
wild rice
sod
grass
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhy were MN's rivers important for MN's industries?they provided water for drinkingthey served as ways to clean machines and waste productspeople could dump their waste products in themthey powered machines & served as transportation routes to ship goods
- 13. Multiple Choicethe process of developing large-scale, mechanical factories.industryindustrialistindustrializationeconomy
- 14. Multiple Choicethe system of producing, distributing, & consuming or using goods & services.industrializationindustryeconomycircus clowns
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following are the 3 key ingredients to a successful business:natural resources, machines & peoplepeople, money, factoriesfactories, machines, natural resourcesnatural resources, money, products
- 16. Multiple ChoiceLumber millers used to literally toss their logs in a river and let it float downstream to where it needed to go.truefalse
- 17. Multiple ChoiceFrederick Weyerhaeuser built lumber companies in hard to reach wooded areas of MN. Because of this, towns were built in these areas.truefalse
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "industry" mean?to put money into something offering potential profitthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factoriesa specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major onesan owner or manager of a large business
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "industrialist" mean?an owner or manager of a large businessthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factoriesa specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major onesthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "industry" mean?to put money into something offering potential profitthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factoriesa specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major onesan owner or manager of a large business
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "industrialization" mean?a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major onesa rock mineral from which steel can be producedan owner or manager of a large businessthe process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho 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.Charles PillsburyFrederick WeyerhaeuserHenry OliverAll of these
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat natural resources make the lumber industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer.soil, wheat, riverswhite pine trees, riversiron ore, Lake Superiorhouses, railroads, steel
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which tool was NOT used in the lumber industry?
middings purifier
cross cut saw
hooks
chains
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which technology was NOT used in the lumber industry?
trains
horses
temporary rails
shovel
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of these tools was used to keep the ice from forming and allowing lumbering to take place all year?
hooks
logging chains
hot water pumps
circular blades
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