Thursday, October 6, 2011

10/6 Technological Age

1. Syllabus Due

2. SQ3R technique of studying.

3. Ch. 6 S1 RG –A Technological Revolution

Identifications:
1. Samuel Morse 2. patents 3. productivity 4. Edwin Drake 5. Thomas Edison
6. General Electric 7. Electric Bulbs 8. telegraph
9. Alexander Bell 10. transcontinental railroad
11. time zones 12. Bessemer Process
13. mass production 14. The Roeblings 15. Brooklyn Bridge

Short Answer Questions
16. What did Edison use to perfect the light bulb? Where did his inventions take place?
17. How did electricity directly change the way in which people lived? What area of the country did not receive electricity?
18. How did the telegraph and telephone help link the country?
19. Why did the Railroads need a standardized system of time keeping for the country? What are the four time zones in the CONUS?
20. Describe 5 ways in which the Railroads revolutionized business in the U.S.
21. How did the mass production of steel help change the country? (Hint: Think big city landscape).

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10/4-5 Geog

1. Syllabus for the class
2. Spragueville Geography

3. Reading a Simple Map.

4. Intro to Industrial Age. Ch. 6 S1 RG