Industrial Revolution Review 1

The ability to have necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter and wants like vacations, concerts, and other amusements is referred to as

• middle class

• upper class

• standard of living

• purchasing power

During the Industrial Revolution, a new social and economic class that developed was the

• serfs

• rich, or the upper class

• expanded lower class

• middle class

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?

• textiles

• industrial machines

• cars

• household goods like cookware

Karl Marx spelled out how he believed that workers should rise up against factory owners, outlining the basic principles of

• capitalism

• socialism

• command economies

Which of the following best describes industrialization?

• nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

• smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances

• more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas

• advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves

Why was England the site of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution?

• England was the most powerful nation in the world

• It wasn't; history has unfairly given England credit for the Industrial Revolution

• England had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built

• England was centrally located to many areas like France, Germany, Spain, and Ireland, giving them an advantage to bring in resources and talent from many places

What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?

• Interchangeable parts
• Factories
• Dynamos
• Assembly Lines

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages
• Safe working conditions
• Dangerous working conditions
• Widespread pollution

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• factories

• Royalty

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends