Industrialization Revolution Summative

Farmers begain to implement which of the following to keep them from exhausting soil nutrients?

• seed scattering

• crop rotation

• skipping a year of crops

• none of these

Which of the following is NOT a reason the Industrial Revolution began in England?

• It had harbors from which merchant ships could not sail.

• It had large forests to obtain the fuel for steam engines

• Natural Resource

• None of these

Matthew Boulton was a businessman who helped organize, manage, and take on the financial risk of creating James Watt's new steam engine. This made Boulton a(n)___________

• entrepreneur

• mill boss

• factor owner

• none of these

According to an 1842 study, what was the average life span of a British working class person living in slums?

• 17 years

• 38 years

• 25 years

• 100 years

A factory owner would be a part of which social class?

• Lower class

• upper middle class

• Scogins class

• Lamberts class

Which would be considered a positive effect industrialization had on social classes?

• Middle class children engaged in educational and leisure activities

• Factory workers were overworked and underpaid

• Children made money and worked long hours

• There was no positive effect

Which is BEST explanation for why children were often employed in the British mining and factory work?

• They were less likely to be members of a union

• They could be paid less than adult male workers

• They worked harder than adults

• Because there was an abundance of children

Which three were positive effects? Pick 3 answer

• overcrowded urban centers

• improvements in transportation

• increase in wages

• Increase in Child Labor

• Greater social mobility

What were the 3 negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. Pick 3 answer.

• Increase in wages

• increase in child labor

• contaminated water supplies

• greater social mobility

• Overcrowded urban centers

Why was the United States able to industrialize successfully?

• There was not enough suitable land for everyone to become farmers

• The U.S. had the natural and labor resources needed for industrialization

• Because the U.S. always has to be the best country

• None of these