Industrial Revolution Quiz

Industrial Revolution Quiz

9th Grade

21 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Farmers began to implement which of the following to keep them from exhausting soil nutrients?

seed scattering

crop rotation

skipping years

none are correct

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2.  Which of the following is not a reason the Industrial Revolution began in England?

Had good harbors and port facilities


Had iron ore to build machines, tools, and buildings.


Had water power and coal for steam engines.


Had large forests to obtain fuel for steam engines

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

3.  Matthew Boulton was a businessman who helped organize, manage, and take on the financial risk of creating Watt's new steam engine.  That made Boulton a(n)

Titan of Industry

Mill Boss

Entrepreneur

Investor of Industry

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4.  According to an 1842 study, what was the average life span of a British working class person living in the slums?

35

42

17

21

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A factory owner would be a part of which social class?

lower middle class

upper middle class

upper class

working class

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

6.  Which would be considered a positive effect that industrialization had on social classes?

Factory workers were overworked and underpaid


Women continued to pefrorm domestic tasks and raise children.


Upper class people resented the middle class who became wealthier than they were


Middle class children engaged in educational and leisure activities

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7.  Which is the best explanation for why children were often employed in British mining and factory work?

Less likely to complain about working conditions


Paid less than adults


Could perform tasks that larger adults couldn't


Less likely to join unions

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