1 |
Dehydration, or the removal of water from foods, has proved a practical method of............ |
picking
Preservation
Seasoning
Marination
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2 |
Now people can obtain some fresh fruits, meats and vegetables throughout the.......... |
week
month
year
century
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3 |
A century ago meats were preserved by............... of drying |
Cooking
Watering
Salting
Swallowing
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4 |
A century ago foods had to be produced on peoples own ........... or gardens. |
Farms
Cliiffs
Rocks
trees
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5 |
Colorado River is ......... miles away from the city Los Angeles. |
240
340
540
440
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6 |
Los Angeles has solved the problem by bringing water to the city from the ........... River. |
Mississippi
Colorado
Chicago
<div>Amazon</div>
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7 |
A.................... ago it was common practice in many cities to buy water by the bucketful. |
Decade
Score
Century
Millennium
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8 |
Today most city governments have department of............. which keep the cities clean. |
Education
Finance
Medicine
Sanitation
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9 |
Unsanitary conditions cause the spread of diseases like typhoid fever, cholera and........ |
cancer
dysentery
lameness
baldness
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10 |
Now sewage from all sections of a city to carried through sealed ...... to disposal plants. |
Buckets
Pipes
Drums
Flasks
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11 |
Today our city streets are............... and well drained. |
Unleveled
Unpaved
Paved
Blocked
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12 |
Outdoor ............. were common. |
Baths
washings
games
Toilets
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13 |
Pigs wandered through the streets, feeding upon the............ |
garbage
Granary
Grain
Grandeur
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14 |
These changes have been made possible by use of the........... method. |
Superstition
scientific
Sensuous
Unscientific
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15 |
In other words more than.............. years have been added to the expected length of man's life. |
Fifteen
Thirty
Forty
Twenty
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16 |
Very likely, before you were six years old, you would have had .......... |
Small pox
Red pox
Chicken pox
Yellow pox
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17 |
In those days about............... out of eight babies died before reaching their first birthday. |
Five
six
Seven
Eight
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18 |
If you had been born............ hundred years ago. you would have had about one chance in eight. |
four
One
Two
Three
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19 |
We are also more critical in our thinking than our................. |
Children
Families
Ancestors
Offspring
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20 |
Today we are brother able to explain happenings which are .......... |
Myslerious
Realistic
Flagrant
Open
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