Review Quiz 3: Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a change in

• agricultural techniques
• the way in which products were made
• the governments of Europe
• the way people thought

Great Britain was able to industrialize because it had

• Natural resources such as coal and iron
• Overseas markets that bought British goods
• A strong navy to protect shipping lanes
• All of the above

The factory created a new labor system in which

• workers required skill and received high wages
• Workers had to work regular and long hours, and perform repetitive tasks for low wages
• Workers welfare was highly valued
• Workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods

Why did coal production expand greatly during the Industrial Revolution?

• People preferred to use coal over electricity
• Coal was an environmentally clean fuel
• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job
• Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines

The growth of cities is called?

• urbanization
• ruralization
• decentralization
• capitalism

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was seen in the

• Emergence of the middle class and the working class
• Famines caused by families abandoning their farms
• Cloud of air pollution that choked the British Isles
• Growing death rates from accidents on the roads

The harsh working conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to

• The Iron Workers’ Revolt of 1886
• The organization of charitable groups
• A movement toward socialism
• Government oversight of factories

Many workers reacted to poor working conditions by

• Quitting their jobs
• Organizing into labor unions
• Buying factories and changing them
• Refusing to work and living on welfare

Why did coal production expand greatly during the First British Industrial Revolution?

• People preferred to use coal over electricity
• Coal was an environmentally clean fuel
• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job
• Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines

The social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution was seen in the

• Emergence of the middle class and the working class
• Famines caused by families abandoning their farms
• Cloud of air pollution that choked the British Isles
• Growing death rates from accidents on the roads