The Industrial Revolution

What word means the change from farming to factories in a society?

• capitalism
• agriculture
• industrialization
• factors of production

What important historical period was caused by these factors?

• World War I
• the Enlightenment
• the Age of Absolutism
• the Industrial Revolution

According to this map, which areas of the world industrialized during the 1800s?

• Asia
• Africa
• Latin America
• Europe and the US

What is the best title for this diagram?

• effects of industrialization
• factors of production
• improvements in agriculture
• new textile machinery

How did the Agricultural Revolution make the Industrial Revolution possible?

• Population growth increased the labor supply for factories
• More people left the cities to become farmers
• Britain was able to feed its army better and expand its empire
• Farmers became rich and invested in factories

Capitalism led more people to start new businesses, which increased which one of the factors of production?

• land
• labor
• capital
• entrepreneurs

What economic system drove industrialization in Europe and the US during the 1800s by giving business owners more freedom to run their businesses?

• capitalism
• socialism
• feudalism
• mercantilism

The mechanization of what industry sparked the growth of the factory system?

• oil
• steel
• textiles
• automobiles

How did mass production lead to an increase in the size of the middle class?

• it made the population grow
• many poor workers died from overwork
• assembly line workers gained more skills and higher pay
• goods became more plentiful and more affordable

Why did cities grow larger in Europe and the US during the Industrial Revolution?

• people moved from rural to urban areas to work in factories
• people moved to the cities to become farmers
• governments forced people to move to cities to make it easier to control them
• people sought better protection from roving bands of marauders