Industrial Revolution Review

Identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain, according to the authors of A History of the Modern World.  

• New technology to increase efficiency

• Use of the open field system

• Even distribution of farmland to small farmers

• Breeding more smaller sheep

Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage. 

• Decrease in the amount of food produced on farms in England

• Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

• Wealthy landowners lost the money they invested in farming innovations

• Small farmers gained power in Parliament

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.

Identify one cause of the historical development depicted in the map.

• Socialist organizations promised land and a good wage to those who moved to industrial cities.

• The British government paid people to move to cities.

• Agricultural innovations made it easier for farmers to hire more people.

• Coal powered steam engines powered factories that employed many people in England.

According to Adam Smith what role should the government play in the economy?

• The government should regulate businesses to make sure they use safe practices.

• The government should restrict which businesses are allowed to open.

• The government should make very few laws that affect businesses.

• The government should play a role in helping businesses make as much money as possible.

Which of the following effects did Adam Smith’s ideas have in England in the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Workers unionized for better pay.

• Governments passed laws to prevent child labor.

• Theorists predicted that the population would outgrow the nation’s food supply.

• Industrial leaders gained in wealth and power.

The author of this passage is describing conditions caused by the:

• Commercial Revolution

• French Revolution

•  Industrial Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

The author of this passage is describing conditions caused by the:

• Commercial Revolution

• French Revolution

•  Industrial Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

What was one thing that happened in response to the conditions described in this passage? 

• Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto 

• Garibaldi organized the Red Shirts 

• Charles Darwin developed The Origin of the Species 

• Atatürk joined the Young Turks

Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

• To determine why mine owners employed children.

• To study the long term effects of working in mines on child labors

• To find out how much money mine owners saved by hiring children rather than adults

• To understand the conditions child laborers experienced