5 Written Questions

1. sturdy wagons covered with sheets of heavy cloth to protect the pioneers and their belongings
2. the movement of many African Americans in the early and middle 1900's from rural areas of the Southeast to urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest
3. a machine that cuts wheat and threshes it, or removes the grain from the stalk
4. a large farm owned by companies
5. manufacturing large numbers of goods using identical parts

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. land set aside by the government for Native Americans
   1. mass production
   2. frontier
   3. reservation
   4. Great Migration
2. the industry that turns crops and livestock into food products
   1. food processing
   2. combine
   3. frontier
   4. mass production
3. a cone-shaped dwelling made of poles and animal hides
   1. pioneer
   2. combine
   3. robots
   4. teepee
4. machines controlled by computers
   1. frontier
   2. pioneer
   3. combine
   4. robots
5. a large flat-bottom boat that would carry 2 or 3 families at a time downriver
   1. robots
   2. flatboat
   3. frontier
   4. combine

4 True/False Questions

1. pioneer → the edge of a settled area

   True        False

2. assembly line → a machine that cuts wheat and threshes it, or removes the grain from the stalk

   True        False

3. frontier → the edge of a settled area

   True        False

4. grain elevator → a huge storage bin that keeps wheat there until it is shipped

   True        False