The Begining
What car is credited with being the first automobile?
What is the 1901 Mercedes.
What was Henry Ford's successor the Model N?
What is the Ford Model T
This man was the leader of GM from the 1920s onward.
Who is Alfred P Sloan.
In this year the Interstate Highway Act was passed.
What is 1956.
What are the most common engine types today?
What are four, six, and eight cylinders.
Ransom E Olds founded what company?
What is Oldsmobile?
The Model T has 4 Cylinders, which produce this much Horsepower?
What is 20 Horsepower.
This strategy is what makes cars constantly outdated and helps manufacturers sell more cars.
What is Planned Obsolescence.
In 1982, the auto industry provided __ in six jobs.
What is one.
This part of a gas engine distributes the electricity to the spark plugs at the proper time.
What is the Distributor.
Willam Durant and Henry Ford founded what companies?
What is General Motors and Ford.
Name one method of production or innovation that kept the cost of the Model T down?
What is the Assembly Line or Block Casting
The big three automobile companies.
What is GM,Ford,Chrysler.
In 1980 around what percentage of American households owned automobiles?
What is 87.2.
Why do diesel engines not need spark plugs?
What is the heat needed for combustion is generated by the compression of air.
These two European Countries did important work on developing the first automobiles
What is Germany and France.
The Model T sold around this many units by the end of its 19-year run.
What is Fifteen Million.
This type of car was most popular during the 1950s and 60s.
What is "Road Cruiser".
This country took over as the lead automotive manufacturer in 1980.
What is Japan.
Generally, what is one advantage of diesel over gas?
What is better gas mileage, long service life, more torque, etc.
The 1901 Mercedes was developed by?
Who is Wilhelm Maybach.
This car is described in the passage as follows "The very first instance of a low-cost motorcar driven by a gas engine having cylinders enough to give the shaft a turning impulse in each shaft turn which is well built and offered in large numbers"
What is the Ford Model N.
What factors caused the end of American made car dominance? Name two.
What is safety regulations, enviormental concerns, gas consumption, well built foreign cars, and oil scares.
These industries were directly affected by the rise of the automobile industry.
What is steel and petroleum.
Name one part of the gasoline engine in video one that is no longer in use.
What is the generator or carburetor.