Industrial Revolution Review

Before factories developed, machinery was powered by 

• use of the internal combustion engine. 
• the steam engine. 
• electric power. 
• using their muscles. 

One of the benefits of crop rotation was it 

• divided land into small pieces
• used less land
• caused people to leave the land
• kept the soil fertile 

The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain due to ALL of the following EXCEPT 

• It had an abundance of raw materials, like coal and iron. 
• It had an increasing population to work in the factories. 
• It had rivers for transportation and waterpower. 
• It had a large aristocratic class to run the factories. 

Which industry was first to be affected by the Industrial Revolution? 

• textiles 
• transportation 
• ship building 
• farming 

The steam engine contributed to industrial advances by ALL of the following EXCEPT 

• It provided power to run the machines of many industries. 
• It revolutionized the transportation industry. 
• It improved iron production. 
• It provided the workers a safe and healthy work environment. 

The cotton gin was important due to its ability to 

• remove the leaves and stems from the cotton. 
• separate the seeds from the cotton faster than by hand. 
• convert cotton to alcohol. 
• plow straight rows for cotton to be planted. 

The movement of people to cities in Great Britain was due to 

• the middle class’s attempt to take over the cities. 
• a population explosion due to better farming methods. 
• laws passed in Parliament making people move to cities. 
• the decline of the factory system. 

Factories changed the nature of working life in which of the following ways? 

• Children were not allowed to work in factories. 
• Wages went up.
  
• People worked longer hours.
  
• Only men were allowed to work in the factories. 

The middle class was affected by the Industrial Revolution in which of the following ways? 

• It created more jobs, thus increasing the size of this class. 
• It reduced the incomes forcing middle class people into a lower class. 
• It caused many middle class people to be unemployed. 
• Women of the middle class were forced into the work force. 

One of the major results of the Industrial Revolution was 

• more products were produced at a cheaper price making them available to more people. 
• fewer products were produced making it difficult for people to buy them. 
• fewer people lived in the cities. 
• the number of farmers increased in order to provide more food for the increasing population.