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WorksheetsChapters 7 & 9: The Industrial Revolution & Life in the Industrial Age
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what nation did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
United Kingdom
b)
United States of America
c)
France
d)
Germany
2.
Those who invest money in order to make a profit are known as…
a)
Aviators
b)
Engineers
c)
Encouragers
d)
Entrepreneurs
3.
Before the Industrial Revolution, the creation of goods occurred most often using what system?
a)
Manufactory System
b)
Cottage Industry System
c)
Alchemist System
d)
Communist System
4.
During and after the Industrial Revolution, the creation of goods occurred most often using what system?
a)
Manufactory System
b)
Cottage Industry System
c)
Alchemist System
d)
Communist System
5.
Who was an early pioneer of the nursing profession?
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Florence Nightingale
6.
What is a drug that prevents pain during surgery?
a)
Anaesthesia
b)
Antibiotic
c)
Anti-Inflammatory
d)
Germicide
7.
Who is credited as creating the first electric generator, the dynamo?
a)
Michael Faraday
b)
Giulielmo Marconi
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
8.
In what industry did John D. Rockefeller earn his fortune?
a)
Automotive
b)
Petroleum
c)
Shipping
d)
Steel
9.
A share of ownership of a company is known as a(n)…
a)
Trust
b)
Enterprise
c)
Monopoly
d)
Stock
10.
As industrialization occurs, a society’s standard of living typically ____________.
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Does Not Change
d)
Varies
11.
Which of the following would most likely NOT support the Temperance Movement?
a)
Women
b)
Factory Workers
c)
Methodist Preachers
d)
Factory Owners
12.
What were workers who were displaced by machinery in the work place and responded by violently destroying factories and their equipment known as?
a)
Entrepreneurs
b)
Communists
c)
Proletariat
d)
Luddites
13.
What economic system has people own means of production and important industries, but coexists with democracy as its government?
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Mercantilism
14.
1. Which of the following is NOT a mean of production?
a)
Farm
b)
School
c)
Factory
d)
Railway
15.
Who was the German philosopher who created the theory of Communism?
a)
Jeremy Bentham
b)
Robert Owen
c)
Gottlieb Daimler
d)
Karl Marx
16.
What is an economic system with a classless society and where all means of production are owned publicly and prices and wages are uniform?
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Mercantilism
17.
The right for women to vote is known as women’s…
a)
Electorate
b)
Causation
c)
Suffrage
d)
Sovereignty
18.
What is the belief that the Bible’s teachings about justice and charity could fix most of society’s problems?
a)
Social Democracy
b)
Social Gospel
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Social Anxiety
19.
In Communism, what are the poor, working class known as?
a)
Bourgeoisie
b)
Sans-Culottes
c)
Ne'erdowells
d)
Proletarians
20.
Which of the following was NOT greatly improved by the steam engine?
a)
Airplanes
b)
Factory Machinery
c)
Trains
d)
Boats
21.
What were poor, urban housing for factory workers called?
a)
Dormitories
b)
Flats
c)
Condominia
d)
Tenements
22.
Which of the following resources would have been least important during the early part of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Wood
b)
Iron
c)
Coal
d)
Petroleum
23.
The Industrial Revolution is all about…
a)
Replacing dictatorships with democracies.
b)
Replacing human labor with mechanical labor.
c)
Abolishing the Catholic Church in England.
d)
Bringing about more rights for women in society.
24.
Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?
a)
Land (Resources)
b)
Labour (Workers)
c)
Liberty (Freedoms)
d)
Capital (Money)
25.
What was an effect of the British Enclosure Movement?
a)
Former farm workers moved to the city to work in factories.
b)
Former farm workers moved to the suburbs to work in offices.
c)
Former factory workers moved to the country to work in farms.
d)
Former factory workers moved to the suburbs to work in offices.
26.
Inventor who created the first common light bulb and made a laboratory at Menlo Park.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Karl Benz
d)
Henry Ford
27.
German inventor who patented the first automobile; Was three-wheeled
a)
Karl Benz
b)
Gottlieb Daimler
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Samuel F.B. Morse
28.
Made the first mass-produced automobiles (in Allen Park, MI).
a)
Ransom Olds
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Karl Benz
d)
Ken Chevrolet
29.
Ohioans who designed and flew the first flying machine
a)
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
b)
John Smith and Pocahontas
c)
Orville and Wilbur Wright
d)
John Stockton and Karl Malone
30.
Inventor of the cotton gin and pioneer of interchangeable parts
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Jethro Tull
c)
Samuel F.B. Morse
d)
James Watt
31.
Invented the efficient steam engine that was the key to powering the Industrial Revolution
a)
Jethro Tull
b)
James Watt
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Henry Bessemer
32.
English engineer who invented a process to make lighter, harder steel
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
James Watt
c)
Samuel F.B. Morse
d)
Henry Bessemer
33.
Patented the first telephone
a)
Samuel F.B. Morse
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Giulielmo Marconi
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
34.
Created the first radio
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Guglielmo Marconi
d)
Samuel F.B. Morse
35.
Swedish chemist who invented dynamite
a)
Alfred Nobel
b)
Dirk Nielssen
c)
Tycho Brahe
d)
Karl Marx
36.
Private roads built by entrepreneurs who charged travelers a fee were called…
a)
Interstates
b)
Turnpikes
c)
Causeways
d)
Canals
37.
John Dalton, the English school teacher, created the…
a)
Theory of Evolution
b)
Atomic Theory
c)
Social Darwinism Theory
d)
Trinity Theory
38.
Who was the former slave and educated speaker who traveled the country speaking to women’s and African Americans’ rights?
a)
Harriett Tubman
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Susan B. Anthony
39.
English philosopher, Thomas Malthus, thought that ____________________ was unavoidable as population growth occurred.
a)
Happiness
b)
Increased Productivity
c)
Poverty
d)
Secularization
40.
Russian scientist, Dmitri Mendeleyev, created the…
a)
Germ Theory
b)
Pasteurization Process
c)
Periodic Table
d)
Atomic Theory
41.
Which is NOT true of interchangeable parts?
a)
It made products more expensive.
b)
It mad repairs quicker and easier.
c)
It required less skilled labor to create.
d)
It utilized machines.
42.
Who were the very first factory workers of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Slaves
b)
Grown Men
c)
Women and Children
d)
The Elderly
43.
Which scientist discovered a process to eliminate bad bacteria in dairy and other perishable foods?
a)
Louis Pasteur
b)
Robert Koch
c)
Dmitri Mendeleyev
d)
John Dalton
44.
In what system does each worker have a specific role they perform over and over again as the product moves along on a conveyor belt?
a)
Assembly Line
b)
Performance Index
c)
Prep Assembly
d)
Guild System
45.
Which TWO English Cities were among the first industrial centres in the world?
a)
Manchester & Liverpool
b)
Liverpool & London
c)
London & Newcastle
d)
Newcastle & Manchester
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