"Goods and Markets"
What is a junction?
a. where goods are scarce
b. where travel routes cross
c. where people create goods
d. where consumer ideas begin
b - where travel routes cross
The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike was the first road that what?
a. was a bare road
b. had a hard surface
c. went through a forest
d. crossed several bridges
b - had a hard surface
What is a Conestoga Wagon?
A - A small buggy for driving around town.
B - A carriage for passenger transportation.
C - A small wagon used for farms and short trips.
D - A large freight wagon designed for rough terrain.
D - A large freight wagon designed for rough terrain.
What are passages dug to connect rivers?
a. slopes
b. canals
c. inclines
d. tunnels
What means:
Items for sale or trade
Goods
What did the Indigenous tribes use in paying for goods?
Wampum
What happened near trading posts?
a. The population increased.
b. The population decreased.
c. The population was unstable.
d. The population stayed the same.
a - The population increased.
How many horses were needed for the Conestoga wagon?
a. 2–4
b. 4–6
c. 6–8
d. 8–10
c - 6-8
In England, a series of _______________________________, or slopes, had been built up and down mountains.
Incline Planes
What means:
Place where people trade
Market
Looking at the map:
Which place is a junction?
a - Millersburg
b - Pine Grove
c - Nescopeck
d - Shamokin
D - Shamokin
What happened where waterways and footpaths crossed?
a. trading
b. conflict
c. highways
d. watersheds
a - trading
How long was the original turnpike?
a. 28 miles
b. 34 miles
c. 51 miles
d. 62 miles
d - 62 miles
What did John Roebling invent?
a. canal boats
b. inclined planes
c. hemp fiber rope
d. twisted metal cords
d - twisted metal cords
What means:
Trading goods without using money
Bartering
Choose the words that best complete the sentences. A Native American tribe hunts animals and prepares their furs for trade. They are _____A_____. Colonists come to trading posts for the furs. They are _____B_____.
A - Producers, Consumers, Scarcity, Markets
B - Producers, Networks, Consumers, Traders
A - Producers
B - Consumers
Choose the words that best complete the sentences. People built roads to further trade and transportation. Because these roads were expensive to build, people had to pay a _____A_____ to travel on them. A _____B_____ was placed across the road to prevent people from traveling until they had paid.
A - barter. toll, surplus, pole
B - ridge, vehicle, trading post, turnpike
A - toll
B - turnpike
Which type of wagon was used for driving around town?
a. small buggy
b. larger wagon
c. four-horse carriage
d. Conestoga wagon
a - small buggy
How did the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal connect the canal system?
a. with a tunnel
b. with rope hauling
c. with inclined planes
d. with metal bridges
a - with a tunnel
What means:
Polished shell beads used as money by Indigenous peoples
Wampum
Choose the words that best complete the sentences. A farm that grows more corn than usual has a _____A_____. During a drought, water is _____B_____.
A - Surplus, Junction, Scarcity, Market
B - Surplus, Networked, Scarce, Produced
A - Surplus
B - Scarce
Describe how transportation of goods changed over time.
Rivers and paths were used first, then roads and canals, then railways; people carried baskets; transportation by horse or mule, then wagons of increasing size, then trains; etc.
What is a way road engineers made mountain transportation easier?
a. by building roads around mountains
b. by using boats for water travel instead
c. by digging tunnels through mountains
d. by charging tolls to build better roads
c - by digging tunnels through mountains.
Refer to the map:
Cause: Rivers were useful for transportation.
Effect : __________________________________
A - Canals were dug to help irrigate farmland.
B - Rivers were used for borders between states.
C - Railways were built beside rivers and canals.
D - Canals and railways were built to connect rivers.
Effect -
D - Canals and railways were built to connect rivers.
What means:
A market that is the same through generations
Traditional System