Industrial Revolution Factories and Urbanization MCQ

Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map? 

• People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution.

• England’s natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities. 

• Great Britain’s prosperity unified the people. 

• In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade. 

Identify one cause of the historical development depicted in the map.

• Agricultural innovations made it easier for farmers to hire more people.

• The British government paid people to move to cities.

• Socialist organizations promised land and a good wage to those who moved to industrial cities.

• Coal powered steam engines powered factories that employed many people in England. 

 Identify one effect of the historical development depicted in the map. 

• Overcrowded and polluted cities 

• England invaded France

• The Glorious Revolution

• Higher employment for farmers

Identify the turning point most closely associated with the changes depicted in documents 1 and 2.

• 1. World War I

• 1. Russian Revolution

• 1. Industrial Revolution

• 1. Meiji Restoration

Based on these images, changes in clothing production technology allowed workers to

• 1. enjoy more comfortable working conditions.

• 1. produce cloth in a safer way.

• 1. produce cloth at home.

• 1. produce more cloth in a shorter period of time.

What was one effect on society that resulted from the change depicted in documents 1 and 2?

• 1. Young women moved from rural to urban areas.

• 1. Young women married at a younger age.

• 1. More young men worked in factories than women.

• 1. Young women lived with their parents for most of their life.

Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

• 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

• To determine why mine owners employed children.

The author of this passage is describing conditions caused by the 

• Industrial Revolution 

• French Revolution 

• Commercial Revolution 

• Scientific Revolution

Which innovation most directly contributed to the conditions described in the passage?

• Seed drill

• Steam engine

• Crop rotation

• Printing press

Which problem is the subject of this passage? 

• economic inequality

• poor transportation systems

• urban pollution 

• lack of child labor laws