Vocabulary
People
Industries
Natural Resources
Government
100

Owners and managers of large businesses

Industrialists 

100
flour industrialist
Charles Pillsbury
100

What 3 towns were important to the Iron Mining Industry?

Duluth, Superior, and Two Harbors 

100
Which natural resources are important for the flour industry?
1. rich, fertile soil 2. moving water (waterfalls)
100

Who is Minnesota's Governor?

Tim Walz

200
the process of developing large-scale, mechanical factories
industrialization
200
Lumber industrialist
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
200

What were some of the dangers of being a Lumber Jack

Trees falling on them, getting cut by an axe, Drowning, getting crushed by a log

200
Why were rivers important to the lumber industry?
Rivers were used to send logs to the flour mills.
200

Minnesota became the ____ state of the United States of America.

32nd

300

In business, to put money into something offering potential profit

Invest

300

Iron Mining Industrialist

Henry Oliver

300
What are the names of the three largest iron ranges in Minnesota?
Mesabi, Vermilion, Cuyuna
300
Why was lake Superior important to the iron industry?
The lake was used to ship the iron ore to the steel factories.
300

What is the capital of Minnesota?

St. Paul

400

A unit of measurement for agricultural crops

1.25 cubic feet

Bushel 

400

Because of the industrialization era and the use of large, dangerous machines, this type of technology was developed around the same time.

artificial limbs (arms, legs, hand. foot)

400

What time did Lumberjacks wake up?

4:00 am

400
What natural resource is important to both the lumber and flour industries?
rivers, or fast moving water
400

Name the 3 branches of Government.  Choose 3!

Legislative Branch

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

500

A specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service

Industries

500

Name 3 iron industrialists

Henry Oliver John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie

500

How did railroads play an important role in all three industries?

1. Railroads were built, which encouraged immigration. Those immigrants worked in factories. 2. Railroads were used to transport iron, white pine, and flour to factories and out of Minnesota (exports).

500
Why did the lumber industry decline?
Nearly all of the white pine was harvested, so lumber companies moved their businesses out west where there were more trees.
500

The state of Minnesota celebrates its birthday and lights the State Capitol chandelier on which date?

May 11th

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