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LAND

Question:

An importent trade route in the early _________ century, and cleared the land for farming.

A.) 15th

B.) 19th

C.) 17th

Answer: B.) 19th

Question:

Outside of Martinsburg in 1942, there were about _________ apple and peach trees beside the road.

A.) 1,000

B.) 1 million

C.) 3 million

Answer: C.) 3 million

Question:

The McDonalds Corperation has perfected the art of what?

A.) Chooseing the best place for new restaurants

B.) Selling all their food

C.) Making big restaurants

Answer: A.) Chooseing the besr place for new restraurants

Question:

When Ray Kroc would fly in an airplane, he would look for ________ to put his restruants close to.

A.) highways

B.) schools

C.) gas staitions

Answer: B.) schools

Question:

What does the McDonalds Corperation look for now when they go up in helicopters?

A.) different colored cars

B.) other restaurants

C.) cheap land along new highways and roads

Answer: C.) cheap land along new highways and roads

JUST ADD HOT WATER

Question:

Fast food chains often put ______ ______ behind the counter to deal with costomers.

A.) attractive girls

B.) old people

C.) atractive boys

Answer: A.) atractive girls

Question:

________ run the restaurants of Martinsburg.

A.) adalts

B.) old men and woman

C.) teens

Answer: C.) teens

Question:

The work in a fast- food kitchen does not require ______ ______.

A.) good food

B.) young workers

C.) Old people

Answer: B.) young workers

Question:

The Fast- food industry seeks out _______ ______.

A.) more food

B.) part time

C.) little time

Answer: B.) part time

Question:

When was the assembly- line system adopted?

A.) 19th century

B.) 20th century

C.) 18th century

Answer: B.) 20th century

LONG HOURS, LOW PAY

Question:

Fast food workers are the _________ group of low- income workers in the U.S.

A.) lowest

B.) worst

C.) largest

Answer: C.) largest

Question:

A typical fast- food worker quits or is fired after _____ _______.

A.) few months

B.) few weeks

C.) one year

Answer: A.) few months

Question:

between the years of ______ and ______ was the years in which fast- food chains grew at its fastest.

A.) 1968 - 1990

B.) 1956 - 1970

C.) 1845 - 1995

Answer: A.) 1968 - 1990

Question: What is the real definition of a McJob?
Answer: It is a job that doesn't promise much of a future.

Question:

According to the Oxford English Dictionary a McJob is?

Answer: A job that's low- paying and offers little opportunity to get ahead.

TO MUCH WORK

Question:

The fast- food companies have become _________ of there own success.

A.) wealthy

B.) possitive

C.) victims

Answer: C.) victims

Question: In Martinsburg, what was the least popular jobs.
Answer: Fast- food restaurants

Question: If there was a family with a mom, dad, teenager, and a child living in the 21st century, how many of them would most likely have a job?
Answer: 3 out of 4

Question:

It is better for a teen to work more then 20 hours a week.

A.) true

B.) false

Answer: B.) false

Question:

Working less then 20 hours a day helps with?

A.) self- confidence

B.) stress

C.) homework

Answer: A.) self- confidence

MCUNIONS

Question:

McDonald's has about _______ restaurants in Canada.

A.) 1,400

B.) 2,010

C.) 4,003

Answer: A.) 1,400

Question:

The Quebec commissioners promised to decide in May 2001 whether the union's victory at the Peel Street McDonald's should be _______.

A.) removed

B.) upheld

C.) built

Answer: C.) upheld

Question:

In ______ about one out of every three Amarican workers belonged to a labor union.

A.) 1967

B.) 1948

C.) 1960

Answer: C.) 1960

Question: Companies forst people to work ____ or ____ days a week.
Answer: 6 or 7

Question:

What is a labor union?

Answer: It is a group of workers who join together to gain better wages and working conditions.