Industrialization Quiz

Based on the map above which area of Great Britain was least likely to have experienced urbanization (least populated) because of the Industrial Revolution?

• southern Wales near Cardiff

• central England near Manchester

• far eastern England near Norwich

• northwestern England near Liverpool

Which event caused this population shift in Great Britain?

• the bubonic plague

• emigration to the Americas

• the Industrial and Agricultural Revolution

•   rebellions in Ireland

How did the railroads guarantee the success of the Industrial Revolution?

• Goods could be moved faster from the factories and it would reduce prices of products.

• People could travel from their homes in the countryside to the factories in the cities.

• Entrepreneurs were encouraged to invest large amount of money in factories that were linked by railroads.

• Everyone enjoyed riding on the railroads.

How did industrialization create new social classes as well as the conditions for the development of socialism?

• Paying women half of what men received caused all of society to rebel and demand socialism to equalize women’s pay.

• Bad working conditions created a working class and led reformers to want to use socialism to equalize the wealth and control working conditions.

• Most factories improved conditions on their own due to pressure from the industrial middle class.

• More production caused more wealth for the upper classes, who preferred socialism in order to share their wealth with all workers.

What historical trend was most responsible for the change (increase) in Birmingham’s population shown in the chart here?

• Immigration from the colonies

• Improvements in urban health care

•   Industrial growth in urban (cities) areas.

• Famine in rural areas

According to the chart on the left, how many more people lived in Birmingham, England in 1851 than in 1801?

•     175,000

• 125,000

•    75,000

• 50,000

Timeline of Japan from 1850 to 1910

· 1853 – Commodore Perry of the United States ends Japanese isolation

· 1868 0 Meiji Restoration

· 1870s – Japanese government develops manufacturing and railroad industries

· 1872 – Western dress enforced for government ceremonies

· 1905 – Japan wins the Russo-Japanese War

· 1910 – Japan annexes Korea

  What conclusion about Japan is supported by the timeline above?

• Japan stopped farming rice.

•    Japan engaged in wars with the Western World.

•    Japan industrialized and became imperialistic.

• Japan became economically competitive with Britain.

1.     What reality of industrialization is reflected in this quotation?

• Nature was prized as a source of joy and knowledge.

• The export of finished goods around the world grew.

• The middle class grew as managers were hired for factories.

• Work was standardized by the factory system with set hours and tasks.