Industrial Revolution Quiz

All of the following were causes of the Industrial Revolution except

• Rise of communism

• Great Britain’s geographic features

• Agricultural Revolution

• New technology

Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map? Base your answer on the map to the right and on your knowledge of social studies.

• 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 effect of the historical development depicted in the map. Base your answer on the map to the right and on your knowledge of social studies.

• The Glorious Revolution

• Overcrowded and polluted cities

• Higher employment for farmers

• England invaded France

The author of this passage is describing conditions caused by the “It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye. . .” — Charles Dickens, Hard Times

• Commercial Revolution

• French Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

Which innovation most directly contributed to the conditions described in the passage? “It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye. . .” — Charles Dickens, Hard Times

• Printing press

• Crop rotation

• Seed drill

• Steam engine

Which problem is the subject of this passage? “It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye. . .” — Charles Dickens, Hard Times

• economic inequality

• urban pollution

• lack of child labor laws

• poor transportation systems

Base your answers to questions 7 and 8 on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. “I don’t know how old I am. . . . I began to work when I was about 9. I first worked for a man who used to hit me with a belt. . . . I used to sleep in the pits that had no more coal in them; I used to eat whatever I could get; I ate for a long time the candles that I found in the pits. . . .” What was one thing that caused the conditions described in this passage?

• Increased demand for workers to make more products

• Socialism

• Distrust in the constitutional monarchy

• Creation of labor unions

Base your answers to questions 7 and 8 on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. “I don’t know how old I am. . . . I began to work when I was about 9. I first worked for a man who used to hit me with a belt. . . . I used to sleep in the pits that had no more coal in them; I used to eat whatever I could get; I ate for a long time the candles that I found in the pits. . . .” Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

• To determine why mine owners employed children.

• To study the long term effects of working in mines on child labors.

• To find out how much money mine owners saved by hiring children rather than adults.

• To understand the conditions child laborers experienced.

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

• Revolutionary France

• Victorian England

• Meiji Japan

• Soviet Russia

Which characteristic 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