Industrial Revolution Practice Test

What term describes a slow process in which major technological advances were made from about 1750 - 1900s?

• Industrial Revolution
• Technological Age

• Digital Revolution
• Information Age

Urbanization occurs because people move from​ (a)   to ​ (b)   .

• rural areas
• cities

Match the following

• British laws limiting common land

• Enclosure Acts

• Improvement of soil fertility

• Fertilizer

• Financial resources for investment

• Capital

• Byproduct of animals

• Crop Rotation

• Factory and mine owners

• Entrepreneur

Which best describes the "putting-out" system in Great Britain?

• A system where goods are produced in factories with no merchant involvement.
• A production system that relies solely on imported goods from other countries.
• A method of trade where merchants sell directly to consumers without production.
• A system of production where goods are made at home using materials supplied by merchants.

Match the following

• Edmund Cartwright

• Inventor of the Incandescent Light Bulb

• Thomas Edison

• Inventor of the Water Frame

• James Hargreaves

• Inventor of the Telephone

• Richard Arkwright

• Inventor of the Power Loom

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Inventor of the Spinning Jenny

James Watt re-invented the (a)   . (b)   now run continuously.

• steam engine
• Factories

Which new inventions allowed goods to be transferred all over the Great Britain easily and quickly?

• Horse-drawn carriages and canals
• Steam engines and railways
• Bicycles and ferries
• Hot air balloons and ships

What is the name of the multistory buildings cramped with tiny apartments?

• tenements
• mansions
• bungalows
• condominiums

All of the following were issues that came from urbanization EXCEPT:

• The spread of diseases

• Increased pollution levels
• Overcrowding in housing
• Improved agricultural productivity

All of the following diseases were common during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:

• Polio
• Cholera
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid