Miscellaneous Questions

Manifest Destiny

• Many Americans believed in manifest destiny, the idea that

the United States had the right and duty to rule North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the

Pacific Ocean.

• Government leaders used manifest destiny to justify evicting Native Americans from their

tribal lands.

Inventions make life easier

• In the early 1800s, coal and steam drove the machines of industry. By the late1800s, new

kinds of energy were coming into use. One was gasoline (made from oil), which powered the

internal combustion engine.

• This engine would make the automobile possible.

• Another kind of energy was electricity. In the 1870s, the electric generator was developed,

which produced a current that could power machines.

Interpreting inventions:

A. Naming: A new machine dramatically changed society in the early 1900s.

Show what you know about it.

1. Name of car: Ford Model T

2. Name of creator: Henry Ford

3. Year it was introduced: 1908

4. Number sold: 3.5 million

5. Explain the techniques used to make so many cars Assembly Line

B. With reference to the invention of the electric bulb write a

paragraph of 4 points about the inventor and his achievements.

The first electric bulb was first invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the

year 1879. He created more than 1,000 devices on his own or with

others. His best-known inventions include the phonograph (record

player), the lightbulb, and the motion-picture projector. Thomas Alva Edison made 1000

unsuccessful attempts before getting the final result.

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Answer the following:

1) What effect did the assembly line have on production costs?

A) The assembly line lowered production costs.

2)What territory did the Mexican-American War open up to American settlers?

A) The Mexican-American War opened California and much of the Southwest areas for

American settlers.

3)How did the Civil War speed up America’s industrialization?

A) The Civil War created a need for mass production and distribution of goods.

4) Why did the Boers and the British fight over southern Africa?

A) The Boers and the British fought over southern Africa because both wanted access to gold

and diamonds.

5)How has AIDS affected the economy of Sub-Saharan Africa?

A) The region has lost many of its most economically productive people, leading to slower

economic growth.

Name the following:

1. The President of the United States in 1860. He claimed that war was only to save the

Union. Abraham Lincoln

2. The African tribe who devoted themselves to collecting ivory and beeswax in the

Angolan highlands. Chokwe

3. The missionary from Scotland who traveled in 1860 to central Africa. David Livingstone

4. The attitude of racism was a reflection of this social theory of the time Social Darwinism

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5. They are also known as Afrikaners. Boers

6. He was hired to find David Livingstone. Henry Stanely

7. The African nation that successfully resisted European colonization Ethiopia

Fill in the correct names.

1. Who developed the theory of evolution? Charles Darwin

2. Who made use of the assembly line to make his factory highly efficient? Henry Ford

3. Who developed the germs theory of disease along with discovering and naming bacteria?

Joesph Lister

4. Who invented the first practical electric light bulb? Thomas Edison

5. Who invented the first radio? Guglielmo Marconi.

6. Who participated in identifying and naming radioactivity? Marie Curie

7. Who won the Nobel Prizes for both Physics and Chemistry? Marie Curie

8. Who invented the first telephone? Graham Bell

9. The opposition of Dutch settlers to British policy in South Africa turned violent during

the Boer War

10. The two-bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio who solved the age-old riddle of flight.

Wilbur and Orville Wright