Industrial Revolution Quiz Review

Which of the following was an agricultural improvement of the 1600s ?

• animal domestication

• warmer weather for growing crops

• chemical pesticides

• fertilizer from livestock

What was one way that the agricultural revolution contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

• It triggered a population explosion

• it tied peasants even more closely to the land

• it replaced strip farms

• it ended feudalism

Which of the following was the most important source of power for the early Industrial Revolution?

• animals

• the windmill

• the dynamo

• the steam engine

What natural resources gave Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?

• good harbors

• coal and iron

• wildlife and precious gems

• water and forests

In what industry did the Industrial Revolution first take hold in Britain?

• iron production

• textiles

• agriculture

• transportation

What invention made possible the growth of railroads?

• the spinning jenny

• the factory

• the steam locomotive

• the turnpike.

What was one reason that parents accepted child labor?

• they needed the additional money

• the children were fed at work

• they didn't care for their children

• the law gave them no choice

Which group benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?

• the nobility

• the working class

• the middle class

• farmers

Why did Malthus urge families to have fewer children?

• He disliked children

• he believed that population growth would outpace the food supply.

• children were a burdern for the state

• he knew as the population grew, the economy would decline

Which groups worked to reform many aspects of society without altering it radically?

• the Utilitarians

• the Communists

• the Socialists

• the Utopians