Industrialization Quiz

What was James Watt’s contribution to industrialization in England? Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• He invented a less expensive way to manufacture steel.

• He invented a more efficient steam engine.

• He invented the internal combustion engine.

• He invented the method of using interchangeable parts.

One reason why Great Britain became the first nation to industrialize was that it had a government that supported property rights. Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• A government that supported property rights.

• A high population density.

• An empire that could supply it with coal.

• A strong belief in the free market.

The textile industry was the first industry to be transformed by mechanization because cloth-making was very laborious and time-consuming. Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• A larger percentage of people worked in the textile industry than in any other.

• Cloth-making was very laborious and time-consuming.

• Globalization created a large surplus of raw cotton.

• Textiles were the most profitable manufactured commodities.

When France industrialized, why did its factories rely more on waterpower than steam power? Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• France decided that steam engines were too harmful to the environment.

• France lacked significant coal reserves.

• France saw its rivers as its greatest natural resource.

• France lacked the technology to build steam engines.

What invention made the expansion of the steel industry in the American Midwest possible? Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• Interchangeable parts

• The Bessemer process

• The internal combustion engine

• The iron ore inductor

The invention of machine tools that could create part after part of the same size and shape allowed for the use of interchangeable parts. Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• Highly skilled employees.

• Interchangeable parts.

• Interlocking joints.

• More efficient power looms.

What European nation became a leader in heavy manufacturing and the chemical, electrical equipment, and weapons industries by the late 1800s? Circle the letter next to the best answer.

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Russia

What prompted Japan to begin industrializing in the late 1800s?

• Japan feared they were falling behind their neighbor China.

• Japan’s ties with Britain gave them an advantage in textile manufacturing.

• The new Meiji government pursued a course of modernization.

• The shogun saw an opportunity to sell manufactured goods throughout Asia.

The growth of the domestic system marked

• a movement away from the factory system.

• a shift toward a new form of production.

• an increase in the barter economy.

• a return to traditional forms of production.

Which of the following was a factor which allowed for the development of mass production?

• the creation of more sophisticated advertising strategies

• the specialization of workers in a single step of the manufacturing process

• the use of chemical fertilizers and mechanized reapers and harvesters

• the creation of vertical monopolies across a single industry