5th grade History Test Chapter 2
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| Who revolutionized modern transportation? | Henry Ford
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| What kept people in England from wanting to drive steam cars? | red flag
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| What kind of transportation was popular in the 1880s and 1890s? | bicycles
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| Which two men developed the gasoline engine? | Lenoir and Daimler
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| Who introduced the Model T? | Ford
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| In what year was the Model T introduced? | 1908
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| What term is used to describe the ability to get from place to place? | mobility
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| What term is used to identify the power of a car's engine? | horsepower
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| What was the Red Flag Act? | You could only go w2 miles an hour in town and 4 on open road and a person had to walk in front holding a red flag
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| True or False: Gasoline-powered carriages were on the road in 1801. | False; steam-powered
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| True or False: Europe had early motor cars that were reliable. | False; unreliable
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| True or False: The Model T was not Henry Ford's first car. | True
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| True or False: Henry Ford was not the only person to manufacture cars. | True
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| True or False: The term mobility refers to goods moving to the workers instead of the workers moving to the goods. | False; assembly lines
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| True or False: Automobiles made traveling slower. | False; faster
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| True or False: Louis Chevrolet changed the way goods were manufactured. | False; Henry Ford
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| True or False: Early drivers did not need a driver's license. | True
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| True or False: An assembly line is something made long ago. | False; antique
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| How did automobiles change peoples lives? | 1. People could live in one town and work in another 2. People could take trips on their own schedules 3. People could have more freedom to do as they pleased
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| What were disadvantages of the steam carriages? | 1. Fuel had to be carried to make the steam. 2. The body had to be heavy to carry the machinery. 3. the engines were noisy.
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| Why did Ford's Model T sell better than other cars? | 1. It was affordable and sturdy 2. It was easy to drive 3. It was easy to repair
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| What changes did the assembly line bring to businesses? | 1. It helped produce more goods faster 2. Workers did not have to move around the factory as much 3. It made more products affordable
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| An american who made gliders with rubber joints | Chanute
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| A box with a fan designed to test how a glider would operate at different wind speeds | wind tunnel
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| A machine that flies without engine power | glider
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| Built the Great Aerodrome with a gasoline engine | Langley
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| A Greek story of Icarus who flew using wings made of wax and feathers | myth
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| The kind of repair shop that funded the Wright brothers' experiments | bicycle
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| Made gliders that looked much like bird's wings and tails | Lilienthal
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| Where did the Wright brothers live? | Dayton, Ohio
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| Where did they test their gliders? | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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| Men wanting to fly tried first to imitate ____________. | birds
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| The Wright brothers' lifelong hobby was to build ________________. | a flying machine
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| Instead of flying, The Great Aerodrome slid into the _____________. | water
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| The Wright brothers wrote to the _______________ Institution for information about flying. | Smithsonian
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| Some of their ideas came from books written by _____________ and ______________. | Langley; Chanute
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| After corresponding with him, the Wright brothers and ____________ became friends. | Chanute
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| True or False: The last one hundred years have shown many changes in travel. | True
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| True or False: The Wright brothers made the first flight with an engine-powered machine in 1909. | False; 1903
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| True or False: Orville and Wilbur sent a text message to their father telling him of their flight's success. | False; telegram
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| True or False: After the 1903 flight, the Wright brothers were not eager to show their plane to anyone. | True
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| True or False: The Wright brothers needed a diploma to keep others from stealing their idea. | False; patent
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| True or False: When the Wright brothers offered their invention to the United States War Department, it was not immediately accepted. | True
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| True or False: The army wanted proof that the plane could fly for a distance of 125 miles at 40 miles per hour with four men aboard. | False; two men
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| True or False: The first military plane was bought by the army in 1909. | True
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| True or False: The Wright brothers wanted to produce bicycles for the army. | False; airplanes
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| True or False: A piece of Flyer cloth was taken to the moon by Samuel Langley. | False; Neil Armstrong
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| Orville Wright was the pilot for the ____________ on December 17, 1903. | Flyer
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| The Flyer flew twelve seconds for 120 feet at ______________, North Caroline. | Kitty Hawk
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| The flyer had an engine and ______________, or blades driven by a machine. | propellers
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| the army had given much money to _______________. Because of his failure, the army did not want to see the Wright brothers' plane. | Langley
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| Air traffic _____________ help pilots safely take off and land their planes. | controllers
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| Flyer II and Flyer III were improved _____________. | airplanes
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