HS Word History: Industrial Revolution Unit Test

All of the following are the results of the agricultural revolution EXCEPT …

• settlements with high densities of population

• economies that began trading with each other

• specialized and complex divisions of labor

• domesticated animals were used to protect families

Large populations of people tended to settle permanently near the shoreline. Why?

• Real estate was prettier.

• Fish don't tend to eat you.

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  Fish was a major food source.

• I don't know

What are considered to be the first domesticated crops?

• wheat and barley

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  corn and barley

• corn and wheat

• 
  wheat and tomatoes

_________ is another word for farming.

• Agriculture

• 
  Cultivate

• Domestication

• Nomadic

The Industrial Revolution was ...

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  a war fought between Britain and U.S.

• 
  time of inventing and industry 

• When people worked more on farms than factories 

• 
  started in the U.S. and moved into Britain 

How did people's lives change because of the Industrial Revolution? 

• People bought more handmade goods than before 

• 
  people bought factory made items and worked outside the home

• people worked mostly on farms 

• people made a lot of money making homemade items 

Which is an example of a capitalists? 

• Mary Driscoll working in the factory to make money 

• Lewis Hine took photos of child workers 

• Mr. Brown ran the factory and established rules 

• 
  Someone invested money by purchasing a new loom for a factory. 

Immigration changed during the Industrial Revolution because...

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  America was gaining power and money 

• people wanted to own a factory 

• factories offered jobs to incoming immigrants 

• 
  no one bought homemade items 

Cities began to grow around the industrial centers because...

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  people wanted to be part of the new growing cities 

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  people had to live near the factory to be able to work there because of lack of transportion

• people did not like living on farms anymore 

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  farms were all failing and people wanted to see what cities were like 

What are NOT some advantages of working in a factory? 

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  steady pay and housing 

• could learn to read and write from other girls 

• opportunity to meet people 

• short work day and promise of safety