Industrial Revolution Test Review

Based on this document identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain.

• New technology to increase efficiency

• Use of the open field system

• Even distribution of farmland to small farmers

• Breeding more smaller sheep

What was one effect of the Agricultural Revolution in Britain?

• Workers left the cities to take jobs as farmers in the countryside

• Food production became less efficient, leading to a decrease in the population

• Workers moved from the countryside into cities to find new jobs, leading to a growth in urbanization

• The British government took direct control over all food production in Britain

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.

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

• The Glorious Revolution

• Overcrowded and polluted cities

• Higher employment for farmers

• England invaded France

This illustration and excerpt depict events from which time and place in history?

• Revolutionary France

• Victorian England

• Meiji Germany

• Soviet Russia

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to the health concern highlighted in this illustration and excerpt? 

• Urban population growth

• Improved communication

• New power sources

• Trade union movement

Which action effectively addressed the specific public health concern raised in this illustration and excerpt?

• Installation of electric lighting in poor neighborhoods

• Burning herbs to purify the air

• Improvements in water treatment

• Relocation of government offices

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 working and living conditions child laborers experienced

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

• Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto

• Otto von Bismarck led the unification of Italy

• There was a decrease in nationalism in Japan

• Steam engines were no longer used for industrial production