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<Question correct="C" id="6_1">
<Q>When Henry Ford needed more people to work in his auto factory, he needed</Q>
<A>capital resources.</A>
<B>natural resources.</B>
<C>human resources.</C>
<D>physical resources.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_2">
<Q>People who are employees of a business can be classified as</Q>
<A>human resources.</A>
<B>physical resources.</B>
<C>wages.</C>
<D>profit.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_3">
<Q>The Model T's became popular with the public and created the condition of</Q>
<A>distributing the automobiles.</A>
<B>making automobiles just for friends.</B>
<C>supply and demand.</C>
<D>laying off employees.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_4">
<Q>When Henry Ford needed money to start his automobile company, he had a problem with </Q>
<A>profit.</A>
<B>capital resources.</B>
<C>supply and demand.</C>
<D>physical resources.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_5">
<Q>Automobile manufacturers use steel made from iron, this is an example of </Q>
<A>natural resources.</A>
<B>capital resources.</B>
<C>products and service.</C>
<D>human resources.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_6">
<Q>Automakers employ designers, assembly line workers and technicians as part of their</Q>
<A>human resources.</A>
<B>economic resources.</B>
<C>wages.</C>
<D>purchases.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_7">
<Q>The popularity of Model T's enabled Ford to take the ______ he made and build more factories.</Q>
<A>wages</A>
<B>profit</B>
<C>industry</C>
<D>increased capital resources </D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_8">
<Q>When Henry Ford started the eight-hour workday in 1914, he also increased the ______ of his workers to $5 a day. </Q>
<A>profit</A>
<B>wages</B>
<C>gains</C>
<D>respect</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_9">
<Q>Most automobile dealers have a service department where they provide service for their </Q>
<A>employees.</A>
<B>products.</B>
<C>boss.</C>
<D>friends.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="D" id="6_10">
<Q>In 1964, Ford Motor Company expected to sell 10,000 Mustangs but 417,000 were sold in the first 12 months. The demand exceeded the </Q>
<A>accessibility.</A>
<B>availability.</B>
<C>expectations.</C>
<D>all of the above.</D>
<teach>Expanding general knowledge.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_11">
<Q>Robots are an example of </Q>
<A>natural resources.</A>
<B>products and service.</B>
<C>physical resources.</C>
<D>human resources.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_12">
<Q>When Henry Ford needed __________to start his company, wealthy Alex Y. Malcolmson invested money $28,000.</Q>
<A>natural resources</A>
<B>physical resources</B>
<C>capital</C>
<D>none of the above</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="D" id="6_13">
<Q>Things that are supplied by nature such as coal, iron, water, trees, etc. are called </Q>
<A>unusual resources.</A>
<B>physical resources.</B>
<C>expected resources.</C>
<D>natural resources.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_14">
<Q>People from many countries came to America because it was</Q>
<A>a place to make money.</A>
<B>a short distance to travel.</B>
<C>someplace different.</C>
<D>wild and untamed.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_15">
<Q>Immigrants moved to the Detroit area to</Q>
<A>work in the automotive factories.</A>
<B>live in the southwestern area of Michigan.</B>
<C>receive money from the government.</C>
<D>work in textile factories.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 55 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_16">
<Q>The early 1900s were booming. Auto companies had the problem of ___________ for their automobiles.</Q>
<A>supply and demand</A>
<B>hiring designers</B>
<C>parts</C>
<D>engineers</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 55 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_17">
<Q>Henry Ford believed workers should have equal _________ for equal work.</Q>
<A>wages</A>
<B>problems</B>
<C>homes</C>
<D>work</D>
<teach>Inferred from Michigan On The Move unit.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_18">
<Q>Henry Ford's moving assembly line was a _________for his company.</Q>
<A>natural resource</A>
<B>physical resource</B>
<C>big problem</C>
<D>human resource</D>
<teach>Refer to page 43 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_19">
<Q>Physical resources such as ____________________ are being used at the Dearborn Truck Plant.</Q>
<A>swales and ditches</A>
<B>robots and equipment</B>
<C>storm water</C>
<D>green areas</D>
<teach>Refer to page 43 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_20">
<Q>Skillets at the Dearborn Truck Plant are an example of</Q>
<A>outdated ideas.</A>
<B>physical resources</B>
<C>natural resources</C>
<D>supply and demand.</D>
<teach>Refer to page 43 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_21">
<Q>Services provide _______ rather than products.</Q>
<A>help</A>
<B>parts</B>
<C>raw materials</C>
<D>referrals</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="D" id="6_22">
<Q>Profit is determined by</Q>
<A>how much the product costs.</A>
<B>how much the company earns.</B>
<C>expenses.</C>
<D>the difference between its income and its expenses.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_23">
<Q>Immigrants provided the __________________ for the automobile factories.</Q>
<A>supply and demand</A>
<B>technology and manufacturers</B>
<C>human resources</C>
<D>none of the above</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 58-59 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_24">
<Q>Only 5% of the world's population lives in the United States, but we use _________ of all the energy used in the world.</Q>
<A>5%</A>
<B>25%</B>
<C>80%</C>
<D>59%</D>
<teach>Refer to page 69 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>4</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_25">
<Q>If changes are not made in the way we use fossil fuels, it is possible we may</Q>
<A>run out of energy to fuel our cars.</A>
<B>run out of chrome.</B>
<C>run out of everything.</C>
<D>have a surplus of coal.</D>
<teach>Refer to page 69 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>4</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_26">
<Q>Renewable resources are resources that can be</Q>
<A>used up.</A>
<B>new.</B>
<C>replenished.</C>
<D>plastic or chrome.</D>
<teach>Refer to page 69 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>4</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_27">
<Q>As an alternative to using nonrenewable fuels for energy, automakers are developing</Q>
<A>hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs)</A>
<B>Sport utility vehicles (SUVs)</B>
<C>recreational vehicles (RVs)</C>
<D>Range Rovers.</D>
<teach>Refer to page 69 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>4</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_28">
<Q>In California, __________ of all energy produced is used to fuel vehicles.</Q>
<A>100%</A>
<B>75%</B>
<C>50%</C>
<D>25%</D>
<teach>Refer to page 69 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_29">
<Q>All of the answers listed below are nonrenewable sources except</Q>
<A>coal.</A>
<B>oil.</B>
<C>steel.</C>
<D>gas.</D>
<teach>Refer to page 69 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>5</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_30">
<Q>Lean manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing and flexible manufacturing are</Q>
<A>obsolete.</A>
<B>impossible.</B>
<C>innovations.</C>
<D>retreads.</D>
<teach>Inferred from the Michigan on the Move unit.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_31">
<Q>Mass production and vertical integration were innovations introduced by</Q>
<A>Henry Ford</A>
<B>Bill Ford</B>
<C>Edsel Ford</C>
<D>John Dodge</D>
<teach>Inferred from the Michigan on the Move unit.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="D" id="6_32">
<Q>At the Dearborn Truck Plant the use of technology and team-building concepts have</Q>
<A>caused problems.</A>
<B>caused lazy workers.</B>
<C>improved unhappy employees.</C>
<D>improved productivity and efficiency.</D>
<teach>Refer to page 43 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_33">
<Q>A greenbelt road and walkway at the Ford Rouge Center has 85,000 flowers, 20,000 shrubs and hundreds of new trees. Based on this information, which of the following sentences BEST describes the entrance of the Ford Rouge Center?</Q>
<A>The greenbelt has between eighty-five and ninety thousand plants.</A>
<B>There are more than one hundred and six thousand plants along the greenbelt.</B>
<C>Trees and shrubs outnumber the flowers along the greenbelt.</C>
<D>Exactly one hundred thousand plants are planted along the greenbelt.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="D" id="6_34">
<Q>The "living roof" at the Ford Rouge Center's Dearborn Truck Plant has an area of 454,000 square feet. Which of the following is another name for 454,000?</Q>
<A>40 hundreds 50 tens and 4 ones</A>
<B>45 thousands 5 hundreds and 4 tens</B>
<C>50 thousand 4</C>
<D>4 hundred fifty-four thousand</D>
<teach>Refer to page 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_35">
<Q>In 1903, Barney Oldfield drove a race car at a top speed of 60 miles per hour. If Barney drove at top speed for three and a half hours, ESTIMATE how many miles he would have traveled?</Q>
<A>about 100</A>
<B>about 250</B>
<C>about 200</C>
<D>about 300</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_36">
<Q>Bob worked in an automobile assembly plant in 1913 and earned $2.34 for a nine-hour day. In January 1914, Henry Ford announced that he would pay $5 for an eight-hour workday. Based on this information, which one of the statements below is NOT true?</Q>
<A>If Bob went to work for Ford, he would have earned $40 each week for five days </A>
<B>If Bob went to work for Ford, he would have more than doubled his salary. </B>
<C>In 1914, if you worked at Ford you would have earned $5 for an eight-hour day. </C>
<D>If he worked for Ford, Bob would have earned twenty-five dollars for five days. </D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="A" id="6_37">
<Q>In 1913, Model T's were rolling off the assembly line at the rate of one every 45 seconds of each working day. At this rate, ESTIMATE how many Model T's could be made in one hour.</Q>
<A>60 Model T's </A>
<B>30 Model T's</B>
<C>120 Model T's </C>
<D>48 Model T's</D>
<teach/>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_38">
<Q>On the roof of the Dearborn Truck Plant's Final Assembly Building are ten skylights, called monitors, that flood the factory with natural light. Each monitor is 115 feet long and 25 feet wide. What is the AREA of each monitor? </Q>
<A>1875 sq. ft. </A>
<B>2875 sq. ft. </B>
<C>2500 sq. ft. </C>
<D>560 sq. ft.</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_39">
<Q>On the roof of the Dearborn Truck Plant's Final Assembly Building are ten skylights, called monitors, that flood the factory with natural light. Each monitor is 115 feet long and 25 feet wide. What is the PERIMETER of each monitor?</Q>
<A>180 ft. </A>
<B>140 ft. </B>
<C>280 ft. </C>
<D>255 ft.</D>
<teach/>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_40">
<Q>It takes a lot of steel to make a new car or truck. Steel is brought to the assembly plant in big rolls that look like giant rolls of tape. Each giant roll has enough steel to make 30 trucks. How many trucks could be made from one dozen of these giant rolls?</Q>
<A>300 </A>
<B>200 </B>
<C>360 </C>
<D>500</D>
<teach/>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_41">
<Q>If 1,000 trucks are made at GM's Pontiac Truck Assembly Plant each day, ESTIMATE how many rolls of steel would be needed for one day.</Q>
<A>20 </A>
<B>30 </B>
<C>40 </C>
<D>50</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="B" id="6_42">
<Q>How many tires would be needed each day for 1,000 trucks?</Q>
<A>400 </A>
<B>4,000 </B>
<C>200 </C>
<D>2,000</D>
<teach/>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_43">
<Q>If more than 3,000 different parts are needed to build just one truck, how many parts would be needed to build 300 trucks?</Q>
<A>9,000 </A>
<B>90,00 </B>
<C>900,000 </C>
<D>more than a million</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
<topic>3</topic>
</Question>
<Question correct="C" id="6_44">
<Q>In 8 hours, a truck plant manufactures enough vehicles to stretch bumper to bumper about 2 miles. How many miles would the vehicles manufactured in an 8 hour, 5-day work week cover?</Q>
<A>12 </A>
<B>16 </B>
<C>10 </C>
<D>20</D>
<teach>Refer to pages 103-105 CONNECT-IT(tm) ACTIVITIES.</teach>
