U5LA The Industrial Revolution

Match

Match the following

• someone who invests in and manages a business

• Someone who farms land owned by a landowner and shares profit

• an industry in which the production of finished goods is home-based

• woven cloth

• The process by which goods are manufactured on a large scale

entrepreneur

tenant farmer

cottage industry

textiles

mass production

• entrepreneur

• tenant farmer

• cottage industry

• textiles

• mass production

Categorize

Options (5)

Much of the land was common land

Farmers produced small crops

Many people moved to cities

Crop production increased

Landownvers enclosed farm land

Organize these options into the right categories

Before the Agricultural Revolution

After the Agrcultural Revolution

Multiple Choice

According to the bar graph, the percentage of the workforce engaged in farming in 1840 was approximately

• 67%

• 70%

•  65%

• 75%.

Multiple Choice

Between 1840 and 1900, the percentage of the US workforce engaged in farming

• steadily declined

• steadily increased

• stayed the same.

Multiple Select

Which of these factors are responsible for the data shown on the graph? Check all that apply. 

• increased usage of machines for farming

• decline in population

•  increase in industrialization

• decline in common land for farming  

• fewer nonfarm jobs available 

Multiple Choice

Between 1801 and 1851, Manchester's population increased by about

• 50,000 

• 100,000

• 200,000

Dropdown

In the 1800s, Manchester's population increased because people were moving from ​

Select answer

areas to ​

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areas.

Multiple Choice

The Agricultural Revolution helped spark the Industrial Revolution by: 

• restoring common property and eliminating tenant farming.

•  eliminating private property and forcing every family to produce its own food. 

• decreasing the amount of food produced and increasing the number of workers.

• increasing the amount of food produced and decreasing the number of farmworkers. 

Multiple Choice

What was the general trend in pig iron production between 1720 and 1860?

• It decreased slightly.

• It increased slightly.

•  It increased dramatically.

Multiple Choice

This table shows the production of pig iron in England. Pig iron is a crude type of iron that can be cast into other things. According to your graph, between 1790 and 1830, pig iron production increased by about_______________________ tons.

• 400,000

• 600,000

• 800,000

Multiple Select

Which of the factors of industrialization does Baines cite in the reading? Check all that apply.

• water power to run machines

• rivers for transportation of goods 

• a growing population to work in factories

• natural resources for production

• wealthy people to invest in manufacturing

Multiple Choice

The production _________________________was profitable throughout western Europe.

• of coal and lignite deposits

• iron ore deposits

• railroads

• coal and iron ore deposits

Multiple Choice

According to the map, the population trend indicates that more people are moving into

• rural areas

• cities

• France

• the United States.

Multiple Choice

According to the map, most industrialization in Europe occurred in the

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast.

Multiple Choice

Workers in the city of _____________earned the highest wages in 1700.

• London

• Amsterdam

• Delhi

• Beijing

Dropdown

In the cities of ​

Select answer

wages stayed about the same between 1700 and 1800.

Dropdown

What was the effect of industrialization on worker's wages in London?​ ​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

People in cities were able to find employment easily due to___________________demand for labor.

• high

• low

• moderate

Dropdown

As wealthy landowners bought and enclosed farmland, many people were forced to become ​

Select answer

or move to the city.

Dropdown

The Industrial Revolution began in the​

Select answer

industry.

Dropdown

Newly invented machines such as the​

Select answer

helped increase the rate at which yarn and thread were made.

Dropdown

Industrialization increased the demand for cotton as well. This led to Eli Whitney's invention of the​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

The cotton gin was introduced in 1793. What was the effect of this invention in the US? 

• Production of cotton decreased by 32% between 1800 and 1820. 

• Production and export of cotton decreased by 50% between 1800 and 1860. 

• Production and export of cotton initially increased, then began to decline. 

• The export of cotton increased by 50% between 1800 and 1860.

Multiple Choice

The building of _________________________ helped transport goods throughout Europe.

• Railroads

• Industry

• coal mines

• iron ore mines

Multiple Choice

Economic growth, improved transportation, and increased interconnection among cities were all the results of improvements in

• factories

• shipping

• infrastructure

Multiple Choice

Over time, working conditions in factories

• Worsened

• improved

• remained the same