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Transportation
Communication
St. Louis
100
____________ are things people buy or sell.
Goods
100
__________________ is the way people and things are carried from one place to another.
Transportation
100
Who built the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
100
A telegraph is a machine that sends signals by _________________.
electricity
100
St. Louis is located between two great rivers. What are the names of the rivers?
Mississippi River and Missouri River
200
A _____________ is a machine that sends signals by electricity.
telegraph
200
An __________________ is a person who takes a risk, or chance to start a business.
entrepreneur
200
You have 30 seconds to draw a picture of a person riding a horse! Go!
:)
200
What did Samuel Morse help invent?
The telegraph!
200
True or false? Many people went there to live, travel, and trade.
True!
300
A ______________ is work that one person does for another.
service
300
Define: goods
Goods are things people buy or sell.
300
You have 30 seconds to draw a picture of a person in a boat! Go!
:)
300
What did the Pony Express do?
The Pony Express was a group of young horseback riders who carried the mail.
300
What types of transportation went through St. Louis?
Trains and steamboats
400
A _______________ is a track with two steel rails on which trains move.
railroad
400
_______________ is the money a business earns after paying all its costs.
Profit
400
_________ ____________ started powering trains in the 1830s.
Steam engines
400
Name one form of communication that we use today.
Cell phone, computer, videos, texts, emails...
400
The ________________ and ______________ united the country.
railroad telegraph
500
A ___________ ______________ is a machine that turns steam into power.
steam engine
500
Define: telegraph
A telegraph is a machine that sends signals by electricity.
500
In what year did Robert Fulton build the first steamboat?
1807
500
You have 30 seconds to draw a picture of one form of communication!
Nice work!
500
Which way were the settlers moving? " Move ___________!"
west!