Sloss Furnaces
Where is it located?
Birmingham, AL
in a secretive or hidden way
stealthily
A force of attraction or repulsion by a magnet
Magnetic Force
Civilization that developed between the Tigris River and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
In what century was it started? (1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s?)
1800s
a person or thing that is similar to another
parallel
Name the two magnetic poles
North and South
River in Egypt that flooded each year
The Nile River
Who opened the furnaces?
James Withers Sloss
to annoy or frustrate someone
vexed
Energy that is stored is (kinetic/potential) energy
potential
Writing style in Mesopotamia that used wedge shaped letters pressed into clay tablets
Cuneiform
What was unique about the working conditions there in the 1800s?
Whites and blacks worked together at the facility.
a facial expression showing disgust
grimace
A stretched rubber band has what type of energy?
A) kinetic energy
B) gravitational potential energy
C) elastic potential energy
D) chemical potential energy
C) elastic potential energy
Early law code from Babylon (an eye for an eye)
Code of Hammurabi
Where did the iron ore come from that was used there?
Red Mountain
sharp or insightful; knowledgeable
acute
Going straight up and down
A. Linear
B. Vertical
C. Proportional
B. Vertical
Monotheistic religion that began with Abraham and uses the torah as its holy book
Judaism