Industrial Revolution Review

Identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain, according to the authors of A History of the Modern World.

• New technology to increase efficiency

• Use of the open field system

• Even distribution of farmland to small farmers

• Breeding more, smaller sheep

Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage.

• Decrease in the amount of food produced on farms in England

• Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

• Wealthy landowners lost the money they invested in farming innovations

• Small farmers gained power in Parliament

Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?

• England's natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities.

• In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade.

• Great Britain's prosperity unified the people.

• People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution.

Identify one cause of the historical development depicted in the map.

• Socialist organizations promised land and a good wage to those who moved to industrial cities.

• The British government paid people to move to cities.

• Agricultural innovations made it easier for farmers to hire more people.

• Coal powered steam engines powered factories that employed many people in England.

Identify one effect of the historical development depicted in the map.

• The Glorious Revolution

• Overcrowded and polluted cities

• Higher employment for farmers

• England invaded France

Urbanization means

• Movement of people to farms

• Movement of people to coal mines

• Movement of people to cities

• Movement of people to the United States

This illustration and excerpt depict events from which time and place in history?

• Revolutionary France

• Victorian England

• Meiji Japan

• Soviet Russia

Which characteristics of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to the health concern highlighted in this illustration and excerpt?

• urban population growth

• improved communication

• new power sources

• trade union movement

Which action effectively addressed the specific public health concern raised in this illustration and excerpt?

• installation of electric lighting in poor neighborhoods

• burning herbs to purify the air

• improvements in water treatment

• relocation of government offices

According to Adam Smith, what role should the government play in the economy?

• The government should regulate businesses to make sure they use safe practices

• The government should restrict which businesses are allowed to open

• The government should make very few laws that affect businesses

• The government should decide what to produce and means of production for businesses rather than supply and demand