Log Rafts to Electric Cars: Products Made in TN from History Bil

What’s a product?

• An article or substance that is made to be sold to someone else

• A type of food

• A kind of animal

• A musical instrument

A raw material is:

• a finished product

• a natural resource used to make goods

• a type of machine

• a marketing strategy

Give an example of a raw material that is made into a product.

• Wood

• Table

• Car

• Plastic

What raw material that floated down river dominated the early economies of Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis?

• Cotton

• Lumber

• Coal

• Iron

What animal made the harvesting of trees possible in TN?

• Horse

• Mules

• Dog

• Cat

Lumber was made into which of the following in the early 1800s?

• Furniture, houses, ships, buckets, barrels, and wagons

• Clothing, jewelry, food, and medicine

• Books, newspapers, coins, and stamps

• Glass, steel, plastic, and rubber

Today, most Americans have jobs making products or providing services.

• Making products

• Providing services

What are some of the common jobs in the service industry?

• Doctor

• Software Engineer

• Waiter

• Teacher

There are ___ counties in Tennessee and ___ of them have a factory that makes some sort of car parts.

• 95 counties in Tennessee and about 88 of them have a factory that makes some sort of car parts.

• 100 counties in Tennessee and about 60 of them have a factory that makes some sort of car parts.

• 85 counties in Tennessee and about 40 of them have a factory that makes some sort of car parts.

• 75 counties in Tennessee and about 30 of them have a factory that makes some sort of car parts.

What are the 3 automobile assembly plants in Tennessee, in order of their creation?

• Nissan Smyrna, General Motors Spring Hill, Volkswagen Chattanooga

• Volkswagen Chattanooga, Nissan Smyrna, General Motors Spring Hill

• General Motors Spring Hill, Nissan Smyrna, Volkswagen Chattanooga

• Nissan Smyrna, Volkswagen Chattanooga, General Motors Spring Hill