The Industrial Revolution

What invention was faster, cheaper, connected cities and countries and was the biggest improvement in land transportation to that point ?

• Walking

• Wagons

• Ships

• The Railroad

Who designed the first efficient steam engine?

• James Hargreaves

• John Kay

• Richard Arkwright

• James Watt

What best describes who the people are and what action they are taking in this Industrial Revolution image?

• Workers celebrating their high wages

• Union workers conducting a strike demanding higher pay

• Factory owners demanding lower worker pay

• Women asking for jobs in factories

What is it called when people use machines to do work that had been performed by humans and animals ?

• Communism

• Mass Production

• Industrialism

• Humanism

What invention powered factories and allowed factories to be built anywhere, also powered ships and railroads ?

• Spinning Jenny

• Steam Engine

• Power Saw

• Sail Boats

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

• Telegraph and Morse Code

• telephone

• electricity

• radio

England is an island. Why was this an advantage during the Industrial Revolution?

• It wasn't an advantage.

• It made it more difficult for other countries to steal England's ideas.

• England has many ports and rivers which allow easier worldwide trade.

• England had tropical weather, which allowed more crops to be grown.

Which one of following would be a PULL factor for "people moved to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?"

• Family

• Jobs on the farm

• Jobs in factories

• Higher cost of living

What is the movement from rural areas (country) to urban (Cities) areas called?

• Moving

• colonization

• inflation

• urbanization

Which of the following was a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• Poverty was completely eliminated.

• Societies moved from agriculture to industry.

• The number of wars between countries decreased dramatically.

• Unemployment increased dramatically.