The Industrial Revolution Test Study Guide

The practice of enclosure helped increase farm outputs by....

• Creating more jobs for farm laborers

• Making it possible to plant seeds in rows

• Creating larger fields that could be cultivated more easily

Which British invention, shown here, revolutionized industry and transportation?

• dynamo

• steam engine

• internal combustion engine

Why was the industrialization of Belgium significant?

• Belgium quickly became the leading industrial power in Europe.

• Belgium was the first country to apply steam power to transportation

• Belgium broke Britain's monopoly on industrial technology.

Which working-class movement was founded by the religious leader shown here among his followers?

• ludditism

• methodism

• utilitarianism

How did the Industrial Revolution affect children?

• Most children attended private boarding schools.

• Many children as young as five worked in factories or mines.

• Children often had to work on family farms or in family shops during school holidays.

One of the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution was increased...

• poverty

• unemployment

• social mobility

In his "Iron Law of Wages," which British economist claimed that the poor had little chance to escape poverty?

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Malthus

• David Ricardo

What did Karl Marx predict would be the final result of centuries of class struggle and economic competition?

• The proletariat would become a new ruling class

• Private ownership of farms and factories would be abolished.

• Communist dictatorships would arise around the world.

The invention of the internal combustion engine was a key step that eventually led to...

• the manufacture of stronger steel

• sustained, pilot controlled flight

• steam-powered ocean travel

Which scientist identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis?

• Robert Koch

• Joseph Lister

• Louis Pasteur