INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION PRACTICE 1

Which geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?

• good harbors

• large forests

• highland climate

• monsoon winds

n the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution developed in Britain because Britain

• possessed key factors of production

• excluded foreign investors

• suppressed the enclosure movement

• required a minimum wage be paid to workers

The invention of spinning and weaving machinery increased the number of workers in the textile industry in Europe because

• the early textile machines could not produce goods as efficiently as hand labor

• laws prohibited women and children from working with machinery

• the demand for goods increased as goods became cheaper to produce

• the unions required that more workers be hired to maintain the machines

In Western European nations, many of the evils associated with the factory system have been corrected by

• communist revolutions

• the use of child labor

• decreased automation

• government regulation

"With the new methods that used mass production, division of labor, the assembly line, and interchangeable parts, prices came down. A greater number and variety of goods became available to more people. The domestic system was disappearing and a new revolution was sweeping across Europe."

Which revolution does this quotation describe?

• French

• Commercial

• Russian

• Industrial

Which statement best describes a major reason that the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

• Sufficient coal and iron ore reserves and a good transportation system were available.

• Industries were owned by the national government.

• A strong union movement was able to secure good working conditions and high wages for factory workers.

• Cities could easily accommodate the migration of people from rural to urban areas.

Base your answer on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.

"No observer of Manchester [England] in the 1830's and 1840's dwelt on its happy, well-fed people. 'Wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature lying in bleeding fragments all over the face of society,' wrote an American in 1845.... Can we be surprised that the first generation of the labouring poor in . . . Britain looked at the results of capitalism and found them wanting?"

—E.J. Hobsbawm

This quotation describes some negative effects of the

• Black Plague

• Glorious Revolution

• Napoleonic Wars

• Industrial Revolution

During the Industrial Revolution, locating factories near concentrations of natural resources and transportation routes most directly promoted

• annexations and unequal treaties

• migration and urbanization

• legislative reforms and formation of unions

• communal fields and the domestic system

A major reason the Industrial Revolution developed in Great Britain in the 1700s was because of Great Britain's

• geographic features

• immigration policies

• use of collectivization

• access to imported oil

Which heading is most appropriate for the partial outline below that is related to conditions during the 18th and 19th centuries?

I. _____________________________

A. Abundant natural resources

B. Advanced technology

C. Surplus of food

D. Stable economic and political conditions

• Factors Needed for Industrialization

• Forces That Caused the Rise of Fascism

• Objectives of the Green Revolution

• Results of the Glorious Revolution