What Historians Still Argue About: teacher key

How Cars Are Made, grade 12 edition, written for 12th grade and up. Who really built the moving line, why the Model T was black, what a robot cost, and how energy-hungry batteries and risky castings show that car making has open questions.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. According to Sorensen, what was Henry Ford's role in mass production?
   • Its sole inventor
   • Its sponsor (answer)
   • Its first worker
2. Why is the 'black paint dried fastest' story disputed?
   • Black paint never dried
   • Ford made only red cars
   • Ford engineering documents and employee accounts do not support it (answer)
3. What is true of Toyota's low inventory?
   • It was the starting point
   • It is an outcome of the system (answer)
   • It was copied from Spitfire factories
4. What do sources disagree on about Unimate?
   • Its color
   • Its year of debut
   • Its price (answer)
5. What can reduce the carbon footprint of making batteries?
   • Using more energy
   • Larger factories
   • Effective recycling (answer)

Words

• deskilled: made less skilled
• muda: waste
• annealed: heat-softened
• inventory: stock on hand
• kanban: tracking cards