Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A group of workers produced one
car at a time giving the workers a great deal of pride and satisfaction with their work. What was a
main disadvantage of making cars one at a time?
a. | the cars were never the same
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well | b. | there was not enough skilled workers to produce the
cars | d. | the cars were very
expensive |
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Henry Ford produced cars on an
assembly line. Each worker did the one thing to help produce the cars. What was the positive impact
of producing cars Ford’s way?
a. | cars were cheap so middle class
people could afford to purchase | c. | people could work fewer hours | b. | fewer cars were produced helping the
environment | d. | the poorest Americans could afford
to buy a car |
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Who believed that germs in the
hospital could spread infections and spread illness. He took steps to sanitize the hospital and
sterilize instruments.
a. | Louis
Pasteur | c. | Joseph
Lister | b. | Madame Curie | d. | B.F. Skinner |
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Charles Darwin said that God
did not create the world and people evolved from apes.
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Every man and woman in
the world are the decedents of a couple who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago. If we go back in
history far enough you will find that we have the same grandparents. How do we know this is
true?
a. | All humans look
alike | c. | All humans have ten fingers
and ten toes | b. | The DNA of all humans shows we are related | d. | girls have long hair and boys have short
hair |
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The movie “Birth of a
Nation” helped to promote the KKK and lead to the creation of many new chapters across the
United States. Democrat President Woodrow Wilson showed the movie in the White House and praised it
to the American people. What idea does this illustrate?
a. | movies have a cultural impact that
causes people to share the same attitudes | c. | people are smart enough to be free from the influence of radio and movies when
the media is preaching bad ideas | b. | segregation is evil | d. | the freed slaves were dangerous |
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Matching
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a. | Thomas
Edison | f. | Marie
Curie | b. | Guglielmo Marconi | g. | Charles Darwin | c. | Alexander Graham Bell | h. | Louis Pasteur | d. | Henry Ford | i. | Wilbur Wright | e. | Ivan Pavlov | j. | Sigmund Freud |
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7.
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Who developed the theory of
evolution?
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8.
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Who made use of the assembly
line to make his factory highly efficient?
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9.
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Who developed the germ theory
of disease along with discovering and naming bacteria?
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10.
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Who invented the first
practical electric light bulb?
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11.
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Who invented the
telephone?
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12.
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Who participated in
identifying and naming radioactivity?
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13.
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Who won Nobel Prizes for both
Physics and Chemistry?
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14.
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Who invented the first
radio?
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15.
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Who started a well-staffed
research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey?
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Who helped to invent the
first airplane?
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Who believed that human
actions were often unconscious reactions to experiences and could be changed by
training?
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18.
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Who wrote the controversial
book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ?
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19.
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Who was a pioneer in the field
of making motion pictures?
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20.
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Who created psychoanalysis,
based on the idea that the unconscious mind has a powerful influence on
behavior?
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