Industrial Revolution Quiz

What is industrialization?

• The development of agriculture on a large scale

• The development of industry on a large scale

• The development of transportation on a large scale

• The development of education on a large scale

What is an Assembly Line?

• A line of workers performing random tasks

• A line of products waiting for packaging

• A line of people waiting for assembly

• A line of machines performing specific operations on a product

What is urbanization?

• The process of technological advancement

• The process of city growth

• The process of industrial development

• The process of rural development

What do you think it felt like living in a tenement building?

• Overcrowded and run-down

• Luxurious and comfortable

• Clean and spacious

• Quiet and peaceful

What were some of the reasons laborers used children in the workforce?

• To provide education to children

• To reduce the cost of labor

• To promote child welfare

• To ensure child safety

Why do you feel the steam engine was such an important innovation of the 20th century?

• It revolutionized transportation

• It revolutionized manufacturing

• It revolutionized communication

• It revolutionized agriculture

What were the effects of the Bessemer Process on iron?

• It turned iron into steel

• It made iron more impure

• It made iron more brittle

• It had no effect on iron

How do you think factories and the use of machines had an effect on the jobs people were doing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• It had no effect on job opportunities

• It created more diverse job opportunities

• It reduced job opportunities for skilled workers

• It increased job opportunities and wages

Why did people think the cotton gin was such an innovative machine?

• It increased the speed of cotton production

• It decreased the demand for cotton production

• It increased the cost of cotton production

• It decreased the efficiency of cotton production

What did the Spinning Jenny do to help the industrial revolution?

• It increased the speed of textile production

• It decreased the demand for textile production

• It decreased the efficiency of textile production

• It increased the cost of textile production