Industrial revolution Quiz

The ability to have necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter and wants like vacations, concerts, and other amusements is referred to as

• middle class

• upper class

• standard of living

• purchasing power

The process of an area growing larger, with an increase in population, production of goods and services, and availability of a variety of options to fulfill one's wants and needs is called

• industrialization

• urbanization

• materialism

• commercialism

During the Industrial Revolution, a new social and economic class that developed was the

• serfs

• rich, or the upper class

• expanded lower class

• middle class

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?

• textiles

• industrial machines

• cars

• household goods like cookware

Which of the following best describes industrialization?

• nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

• smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances

• more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas

• advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves

Why was England the site of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution?

• England was the most powerful nation in the world

• It wasn't; history has unfairly given England credit for the Industrial Revolution

• England had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built

• England was centrally located to many areas like France, Germany, Spain, and Ireland, giving them an advantage to bring in resources and talent from many places

Factories producing small pieces of an object, allowing assembly line workers to assemble them into a larger product

• Industrial Revolution

• Interchangeable Parts

• Mass Production

• Factories

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the invention of the Cotton Gin?

• Raw cotton becomes easier to process

• Demand for slaves increased to keep up with demand for cotton production

• More textile factories were built in the south

• Land became overworked due to increase in cotton production

Which are elements found in a Free Enterprise? CLICK ALL

• Profits

• Controlled by central authority

• Competition

• Buy and sell freely

In the 1700's, the enclosure movement tended to increase...

• farming efficiency.

• farmers' reliance on a single cash crop.

• the use of broadcast method of seeding.

• the amount of common land available for grazing.