The Global Transformations of the Industrial Revolution Quiz

What were the main innovations that contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

• Solar power, manual looms, affordable linen clothes, aluminum

• Coal, steam engines, cheap cotton clothes, steel

• Oil, windmills, expensive silk clothes, iron

• Natural gas, water wheels, expensive wool clothes, copper

How did the Industrial Revolution impact the lives of the working poor in Britain?

• Improved working conditions and increased life expectancy

• Degrading and dehumanizing working conditions, decreased life expectancy

• Increased wages and better living standards

• No significant impact on their lives

Who famously referred to the factories of Britain's Industrial Revolution as 'dark Satanic Mills'?

• Friedrich Engels

• William Blake

• Jane Humphries

• Thomas Finger

What did the Industrial Revolution destroy in terms of communities and culture?

• Extended family networks and rural life

• Urban infrastructure and transportation systems

• Religious institutions and social norms

• Educational institutions and healthcare facilities

What percentage of England's industrial workforce were children according to historian Jane Humphries?

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 20%

What was one of the few opportunities for women to improve their financial status during the Industrial Revolution?

• Working in agriculture

• Working in domestic service

• Working in factories

• Working in healthcare

What did the Industrial Revolution make possible for some people despite its new burdens?

• Increased poverty and homelessness

• Social mobility and financial freedom

• Decreased job opportunities

• Isolation and lack of community support

What did the British government outlaw at the start of the nineteenth century, impacting sugar plantations?

• Cotton production

• The slave trade

• Coal mining

• Wheat production

What did British capitalists fund in southern Russia near the Black Sea to facilitate wheat export to England?

• Seaports

• Road construction

• Railroads

• Airports

What did the demand for copper transform Swansea into by the mid-nineteenth century?

• A center of global cotton production

• A center of global wheat production

• A center of global copper production

• A center of global sugar production