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