Industrial Revolution Quiz

1. 1. Why did the industrial revolution first happen in Britain?

• They had more ships and machines.

• They had an abundance of natural resources: navigable waterways and natural ports as well as a stable government that supported the economy.

• They had more trade capable people and their markets were always open.

• They faced river tolls and had many barriers.

2. 2. How did science and technology change society?

• It was able to cure diseases and improve food quality everywhere.

• It created a system where everyone was able to acquire a lot of wealth.

• It made production slower since there was a lot more to do.

• The use of machines during the Industrial Revolution made production speeds faster and created new jobs.

3. How did the Industrial Revolution change rural life and contribute to the development of cities?

• It caused urbanization; people moved to cities from rural areas for jobs in factories.

• It caused people to move to farms from cities.

• People began to make their farms inside of the cities that they moved to.

• It caused a decrease in the population of cities, making more available resources there.

4. What were the Factory Acts?

• Laws passed to completely remove children from the work force until they become adults.

• Laws passed to remove the need for women in the work force.

• Laws passed to reduce a child's workday to twelve hours and remove children under the age of 9 from the cotton mills.

• Laws passed to increase the time children would work and make the employer decide when they would be able to take time off.

What is Socialism?

• An idea that people as a whole would operate the means of production rather than private individuals.

• The idea that life was based on survival of the fittest.

• The idea that the goal of a society would be to have the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

• Theory that the population grew faster than the food supply.

What is Communism?

• Farms, Factories, and other large businesses that produced or distributed goods.

• A form of socialism where private individuals would own all of the means of production.

• The working class.

• An form of socialism by Karl Marx in which an inevitable struggle between social classes where there would be a classless society and means of production would be owned by the community.

How did the Industrial Revolution change where people did work?

• People began to work in factories rather than in private owned locations.

• People began to work at home instead of factories.

• People began to work in their own farms and then go to cities to sell crops.

• People stopped working in cities.

What was James Watt known for?

• He urged farmers to plant turnips for restoring exhausted soil.

• He improved Newcomen's steam engine so that it could be applied to machinery.

• He created the seed drill which was able to deposit seeds in rows rather than scattering them.

• He was the first to use coal instead of charcoal to smelt iron -separate from its ore.

What are Unions?

• Organizations of workers; were highly illegal at the time, though secret groups existed.

• Multistory buildings that were divided into apartments.

• Groups of people that fought for women's suffrage.

• Farms, factories, railways, and other large businesses that produced and distributed goods.

Regarding the Agricultural Revolution: What was Jethro Tull known for?

• Advised people to plant turnips in order to replenish exhausted soil.

• Developing the steam engine to pump water out of coal mines.

• Creating the seed drill which would be able to drop seeds in rows rather than scattering them around by hand.

• Developing ways of preventing fallow through crop rotation.