Which was not a danger with coal mining?
Smallpox
Firedamp- explosive air
Blacklung- damage to lungs
Chokedamp- not enough air
What caused yellow fever to spread in the Unites States in the late 1700’s?
Black flies that landed on food
Sick chickens
Mosquitoes that loved moist, humid air
Fleas that lived on rats
Who perfected the steam engine in 1769?
Thomas Edison
Isaac Newton
Eli Whitney
James Watt
How did the smallpox vaccine work in a patient?
By injecting fluid from the sores of a person with cowpox
By injecting fluid from a cow with cowpox
By injecting a strong solution of vinegar
By exposing the person to several people with smallpox
What fuel did the steam engines use to heat the water?
Wood
Oil
Dung
Coal
Before a territory could be considered a state, what did the population have to be?
60,000
200,000
25,000
1,000,000
What does pioneer mean?
A person who made wheels for wagons
A grower of pine trees
A person who moves to an unsettled area
A pirate who steered ships
In a steam engine, where did the steam FIRST collect, which would later power the pistons in a locomotive?
In the chimney
In the smokebox
In the top of the boiler
In the firebox
What doctor perfected the smallpox vaccine in the late 1700’s?
Dr. Edward Jenner
Dr. Phil
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Benjamin Franklin
Name the document that governed the unsettled part of the U.S. near the Great Lakes in 1787.
Mississippi Basin
Louisiana Purchase
Northwest Ordinance
Texas Territory
What type of map shows the borders of countries and states?
Political
Thematic
Treasure
Physical
If you live near the equator, what would the climate be like?
Arctic
Temperate (medium)
Cold and Snowy
Tropical
What sorts of things did the steam engine run in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s?
Lamps and computers
Sewing machines and candy makers
Mills, plows, and trains
What's the name of the famous longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England?
Prime Meridian
Equator
International dateline
At the coordinates: 37 degrees N, 79 degrees W approximately, where would you be on earth?
In Australia
In Russia
In Africa
In North America
What's the name of the imaginary lines that stretch across the globe horizontally?
International
Latitude
Prime
Longitude
What important document was ratified in 1787 in the United States?
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
Treaty of Paris
The Magna Carta