Industrial Revolution Quiz

Which statement best describes the Industrial Revolution?

• It destroyed the farming industry

• There was a gradual way in which people lived and worked?

• The method of production changed from machines to hand tools

The Industrial Revolution started in

• France

• US

• Britain

What is one way improved agriculture contributed to the population growth?

• it led to better sanitation

• it created a surplus of food

• it meant that horses could now be used for transportation

How did enclosure affect British farmers?

• the farming population went from 5 million to over 19 million

• farms became less productive

• many farmers lost farms and moved to the cities

For what reasons did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

• Britain was able to grow cotton and had a stable government

• Britain lacked natural resources

• Britain had plentiful natural resources and had easy access to the sea

Movement from rural areas to the cities

• anesthetic

• urbanization

• socialism

Labor unions are known as a

• workers organization

• owners organization

• unemployed politicians

_________ mass produced cars that could reach 25 MPH.

• Henry Ford

• Bob Cadillac

• Louis Pasteur

_________ patented the first telephone in 1876.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

_________ is shares in a company.

• stock

• market

• cartel