"The Industrial Revolution" - World History Test

During the Industrial Revolution, life change in what basic way?

• People migrated from villages to work on large farms.

• People began selling their goods instead of trading them.

• People learned to use machines to make their own clothes.

• People migrated from rural areas to cities

Land enclosure in the 1600s and 1700s resulted in

• more farms

• more peasant farms

• larger farms

• more fenced farms

Steam became an efficient power source because of improvements made by

• John Stuart Mill

• James Watt

• Thomas Newcomen

• Eli Whitney

Which of the following became an important source of power for the Industrial Revolution?

• steam

• animals

• wind

• nuclear fission

The putting-out system was a method of

• removing iron from its ore

• separating seeds from cotton

• producing cloth in individual homes

• spinning thread with water power

In what way railroads an improvement over canals?

• Railroads could connect two rivers.

• Railroads could connect an inland town to a coastal port.

• Railroads did not have to follow the course of the river.

• Railroads were the only form of overland transportation.

The people who lived in tenements in industrial cities were part of the

• bourgeoisie

• upper class

• middle class

• working class

Goods could be shipped swiftly and cheaply over land because of the invention of

• The flying shuttle

• The water frame

• Railroads

• Horses and Carriages

Which group benefited most from the Industrial Revolution?

• The middle class

• The working class

• Farmers

• The nobility

Most early factory workers were women because

• more women than men sought employment

• employers could pay women less than men

• women were less likely than men to have accidents

• women were more wiling than men to work long hours