Unit 8: Industrialization, Urbanization, Nationalism, & Imperial

More arable farmland and natural resources helped which country start the Industrial Revolution?

• Great Britian

• Japan

• France

• Germany

Urbanization can be described as

• a system a farming and harvesting crops with efficient

• the movement of job seekers into the city

• a process of quickly and cheaply making steel to manufacture

• a process of serialization to increase the shelf life of liquids

Which class was affected by the Industrial Revolution by creating more jobs, thus increasing the size of this class?

• first class

• middle class

• high class

• lowest class

Who invented the Assembly line?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

The Industrial Revolution describes a time when

• people rejected socialism and began calling for capitalism.
• people began to use the scientific method to find answers to their questions.
• work done by machines in factories replaced work done by hand.
• industrialized nations created overseas colonies.

The Industrial Revolution describes a time when

• people rejected socialism and began calling for capitalism.
• people began to use the scientific method to find answers to their questions.
• work done by machines in factories replaced work done by hand.
• industrialized nations created overseas colonies.

Crop rotation and the enclosure movement were important because

• nations began looking to colonize in Africa and Asia.
• farming became profitable and large numbers of people moved away from cities.
• the increase in food increased the number of people who could work in factories.
• these changes led to massive starvation and a population decline in Europe.

Why was England the leader in industry during the early years of the Industrial Revolution?

• England produced more cotton and had more workers than any other country in the world.
• England directly bordered France, Spain, and Russia which made trade easy.
• England had a socialist government which paid all workers the same wage.
• England first invented factory machines and had a monopoly of industrial technology.

During the Industrial Revolution, the factory system led to

• high wages for factory workers.
• mass production of goods.
• large movement of people to rural areas.
• higher prices for manufactured goods.

Which of the following is true of the Industrial Revolution?

• The industrial revolution helped bring an end to slavery in America.
• The industrial revolution first began in France.
• The first industry to use machines and factories was textiles.  
• By the end of the industrial revolution, most factories were powered by rivers.