B. If false, why is it false?
You have now completed Part A of this exercise. Some of the sentences were false. Find out why with the explanations below:
- 2. The idea to create a place like Silicon Valley came up during the Industrial Revolution.
False - The idea for Silicon Valley began during the Great Depression in the US, in the 1930s.
- 4. The term ‘Silicon Valley’ was first used to describe this area by Frederick Terman, an engineering professor at Stanford University.
False - It was in 1971 that a journalist named Don Hoefler first used the term ‘Silicon Valley USA’.
- 5. There are 300,000 inhabitants in the Silicon Valley region.
False - Silicon Valley has a population of more than 3 million.
- 8. There are a hundred of millionaires living in Silicon Valley.
False - In 2020, a report found that 76,000 millionaires and billionaires lived in the region.
- 10. Tesla moved its offices from Silicon Valley to New York City in 2020.
False - In December 2020, Tesla said it was moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to a factory near Austin, Texas.
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