Study Guide: 2019 End of Year Assessment

The population of cities that had many natural resources _______________ during the Industrial Revolution.

• Increased

• Decreased

• Stayed the same

• None of the above

What is an example of a geographical feature?

• Cities

• Rivers

• Wool

• Tobacco

Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• Farms became overcrowded

• Cities had a lot of extra space

• Farmers wanted to get more land

• Cities had a lot of factory jobs available

Children in factories were typically treated....

• Fairly

• Kindly

• Harshly

Laws, like the Factory Act of 1833, limited the amount of hours children could work.

• True

• False

Laws, like the Factory Act of 1833, eliminated child labor.

• True

• False

Why was the Factory Act of 1833 more successful than previously efforts to make child labor less harsh?

• It required children to be educated

• It increased the amount of food they received

• It limited the amount of hours they were allowed to work

• It appointed inspectors to make sure that the law was being followed

The goal of ______________________ is to produce the best goods for the lowest possible price.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

What is a major criticism of capitalism?

• It makes too many people rich

• It makes too few people rich and too many poor

• It helps too many poor people

• It makes college free for everyone

What reason did Europeans use to justify imperialism?

• Racial superiority (racism)

• They needed to borrow money from Africans

• They needed to stop them from becoming Christians

• They needed to learn more about African culture