Unit 5 Industrialization Quiz

Increased agricultural production in England in the late 1700s contributed directly to

• The development of a worldwide communications network

• The introduction of manorialism

• A decrease in the power of the monarch

• An increase in life expectancy

In England, which circumstance was a result of the other three?

• Availability of labor

• Abundance of coal and iron

• Waterpower from many rivers

• Start of the Industrial Revolution

What was one reason the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

• The government of Great Britain implemented a series of five-year plans

• Great Britain had alliances with most European countries

• Abundant natural resources were available in Great Britain

• The practice of serfdom in Great Britain provided an abundance of laborers

Which geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?

• good harbors

• large forests

• highland climate

• monsoon winds

Which pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

• gold and salt

• diamonds and petroleum

• copper and tin

• coal and iron ore

Transportation in the 1800s was revolutionized by the development of the

• caravel

• astrolabe

• airplane

• steam engine

In the early 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because

• Enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms

• Factory work strengthened extended families

• Displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs

• The middle class decreased in size

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 domestic system

Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?

• England's natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities

• In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade

• Great Britain's prosperity unified the people

• People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution

This 1852 drawing most likely would have been used to argue for improvements in

• workhouse rules

• sanitation regulations

• factory conditions

• suffrage laws