*ELL* Practice Test Questions

What is the name of the period from 1750 - 1900, when many new inventions and changes to machines made the production of goods faster and easier. 

• The Industrial Revolution

• Enclosure Acts

• Urbanization

What were the acts that allowed Wealth people to buy the land and no longer allow the poor in Britain to use it?

• The Industrial Revolution

• Enclosure Acts

• Urbanization

What is the movement from rural to urban areas (farmland to cities) called?

• The Industrial Revolution

• Enclosure Acts

• Urbanization

Why did entrepreneurs invest in factories and machines to make products?

• To give people jobs

• So goods could be made quicker and cheaper

• Laws in Great Britain required it

Urbanization is when people move from ​ ​ (a)   to ​ (b)   ​

• Rural Areas
• Cities

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Cities

,

(b) Farms

• Lots of diseases

• Lots of people

• Work in fields

• Work in factories

• Tenement Housing

• Lots of land

• People make their own clothes and food.

Who worked in factories?

• Men

• Women

• Children

• All are correct

​ ​ ​ (a)   could be taught one simple task that they would repeat over and over.

• Unskilled workers
• Division of labor

​ (a)   means different workers each have a specific task in making the product.

• Division of labor
• Unskilled Workers

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   were hired to work in factories because factory owners were able to pay them ​ (c)  

• Women
• children
• less
• Men
• more