Benchmark Unit 7 Vocabulary
What word means to not cost very much?
What is affordable.
What did Theodore Judah ask President Abraham Lincoln for to set up two railroad companies?
What is money and land?
What did the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company compete for?
They competed to lay the most track.
Where did the Union Pacific Railroad starting laying track?
The Union Pacific Railroad starting laying track at the Missouri River.
A line of mountains that are close to each other is known as what?
What is a mountain range.
What are the names of the two railroad companies?
The Central Pacific Railroad Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
They laid track through the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
How many miles of track did the workers lay daily?
2 miles per day.
A person who designs or constructs machines or buildings is known as a what?
What is an engineer.
What year was the starting point of the Pacific Railroad?
The starting point for the Pacific Railroad was in 1867.
Why was it easier for the Union Pacific Railroad Company to lay track?
The Union Pacific Railroad Company laid track on flat land.
What year did the Transcontinental Railroad completed?
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869.
An event in which people try to do better than each other is a what?
What is a competition.
What is the name of the special document that President Abraham signed called?
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862.
What does transcontinental mean?
Transcontinental going across the continent crossing different land areas or terrain,
How long did a trip from New York to San Francisco take?
It took about a week (7 days).
This young engineer built railroads.
Who is Theodore Judah.
What did the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad receive for laying track ?
The companies received money.
Where did the Central Pacific Railroad start laying track?
They began laying track in California.
What was the cost of the trip from New York to San Francisco?
The cost was $150.