Technology Changes Texas (Week 16-Studies Weekly)

New forms of technology changed the way people traveled to and from Texas.

• True

• False

What did science advances accomplish in the 1800s? (paragraph 2)

• They started to control the weather.

• They started to clone horses.

• They started to control steam pressure.

• They started to control laboratories.

How was steam created?

• It was created by catching the fog and putting it under pressure.

• It was created by pressuring people to blow bubble in a jar.

• It was created by taking gases from the country side.

• It was created by burning coal under a boiler of water.

The process of creating steam gave rise to what invention? (paragraph 2)

• pasteurized milk

• antibiotics

• the steam engine

• the electric car

In which country was the steam engine invented? (paragraph 2)

• Spain

• England

• France

• Mexico

The steam engine made it harder creating transportation on land and water. (paragraph 2)

• True

• False

Steam boat no longer had to depend on what two things? (paragraph 3)

• wind

• current

• highways

• A and B only

How fast could the steamboats travel?

• 20 miles per hour

• 15 miles per hour

• 10 miles per hour

• 5 miles per hour

The steam locomotive could move less cargo than previous transportation. (paragraph 4)

• True

• False

The steam engine could move more cargo and dio it faster than which two animals? (paragraph 4)

• oxen

• dogs

• horses

• Choice A and C