Unit 6 Test Review

The trend shown on the above graph largely resulted from the work of

• Abraham Darby.

• James Watt.

• Henry Bessemer.

• John D. Rockefeller.

The practice of enclosure helped increase farm outputs by

• creating employment for farm laborers.

• making it possible to plant seeds in rows.

• reclaiming rich farmland from the sea

• increasing the land available for agriculture.

This street scene from the late nineteenth century illustrates the impact of which two inventors on urban life?

• James Watt and Thomas Edison

• Michael Faraday and Nikolaus Otto

• Alfred Nobel and Louis Pasteur

• Robert Fulton and Alexander Graham Bell

The invention shown above would not have been possible without the earlier invention of the

• electric dynamo

• internal combustion engine

• steam engine

• flying shuttle

The transportation system shown in this image declined in importance after

• the steam locomotive was invented.

• the price of coal rose dramatically.

• the textile industry was industrialized.

• private toll roads opened across England.

What is the main reason the “putting-out” system gave way to the factory system in the British textile industry?

• The factory system produced better quality cloth.

• The factory system allowed more cloth to be produced at a lower cost.

• The factory system did not require a natural supply of water power.

• The factory system allowed employers to hire women and children.

The trend shown in this chart can be traced back to an invention by

• Michael Faraday.

• Henry Ford.

• Henry Bessemer.

• James Watt.

The invention of the internal combustion engine was an essential step that eventually led to

• the manufacture of stronger steel.

• sustained, pilot-controlled flight.

• steam-powered ocean travel.

• artificial lighting for city streets.

Which inventor's work is shown in use in this photograph?

• James Watt

• Alfred Nobel

• Henry Bessemer

• John D. Rockefeller

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields

• increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century

• a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week

• increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s