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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Q1
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the Agricultural Revolution impact farmers?
a)
New farming methods required more workers on the farm.
b)
New farming methods produced bigger harvests with less farmers.
2.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
cotton and tobacco
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
3.
Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?
a)
cotton gin
b)
steam engine
c)
geography
4.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
urbanization
5.
Which of the following would NOT be associated with mass production?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
oil
c)
unique, hand made goods
d)
assembly line
6.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made them more expensive & harder to ship
b)
made them cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people a way of transportation
7.
Railroads moved ___-_________ to factories.
a)
finished prodcuts
b)
raw materials
c)
trees
8.
What did people transport using the railroad?
a)
finished products
b)
raw materials
9.
Why was steel so important?
a)
stronger
b)
cheaper
c)
smaller
d)
pizza
10.
Which of the following was steel used to build?
a)
railroad tracks
b)
farm fields
c)
clothing
d)
bookshelves
11.
Stocks are
a)
Shares in a business
b)
owning a whole business
12.
Factory workers faced low wages (pay), unsafe working conditions & long hours.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Women were paid ____ than men for doing the same work.
a)
more
b)
less
14.
Where did most people live during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
City
b)
Country
c)
Islands
d)
Russia
15.
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
a)
Britian
b)
USA
c)
Austria
d)
Canada
16.
Was farming a popular job before the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Yes
b)
No
17.
Everyone worked in a factory.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
How were textiles made?
a)
With the loom
b)
By hand
c)
With the cotton gin
19.
Did the Agricultural Revolution bring surpluses of food?
a)
Yes
b)
No
20.
Factories and machines relied on coal.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods?
a)
we made fewer products
b)
we made better quality products
c)
we made products from home
d)
mass production & cheaper goods ( lower prices)
22.
What was the impact of the Industrial Revolution on population and migration?
a)
population declined
b)
population remained the same
c)
population increased and there was rural to urban migration
d)
population decreased ........urban to rural migration
23.
Define urbanization.
a)
a type of industry
b)
a type of farming
c)
large numbers of people migrating from cities to the countryside
d)
large numbers of people migrating from the countryside to cities
24.
What was the social impact of industrialization in Europe?
a)
crowded living conditions in the cities and brutal working conditions
b)
crowded living conditions in the countryside and pleasant working conditions
25.
Which of the following was a type of assistance a government could provide to encourage industrialization?
a)
build roads
b)
canals
c)
railroads
d)
all of the above
26.
Why was the steamboat important in the United States?
a)
Made transportation harder on the waterways.
b)
Slowed down the process of transporting goods.
c)
Made transportation easier on the waterways.
d)
Made it difficult for travel.
27.
Who invented the first paddle-wheel steamboat?
a)
Edmund Cartwright
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
James Hargreaves
28.
Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
People were looking for work.
b)
People were looking for farms.
c)
People wanted to buy a house.
d)
People wanted to sell their crops.
29.
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived in __________.
a)
cities
b)
factories
c)
small farming villages
d)
apartments
30.
An early production method was called cottage industry because workers _________.
a)
built cottages
b)
worked in their homes
c)
lived in factories
d)
made cottage cheese
31.
The spinning jenny __________.
a)
wove cloth quickly
b)
was powered by water
c)
made production slow
d)
spun many threads at one time
32.
After the Industrial Revolution, people ____________.
a)
bought food and clothing from stores
b)
worked in factories
c)
lived in cities
d)
all of the above
33.
Who invented the power loom?
a)
Edmund Cartwright
b)
Samuel Compton
c)
James Hargreaves
d)
John Kay
34.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
a)
a change from making things by machines to making them by hand
b)
a change from making things by hand to making them by machines in factories
c)
a shift from a monarchy to a democracy
d)
a shift from old order to new order
35.
What key term helps explain why the industrialized countries had so many people living in large cities?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Suffrage
c)
Communism
d)
Coal Mining
36.
What key term means "the process in which a society transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services"?
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Agricultural Revolution
d)
Industrialization
37.
What key term means "a system in which society (i.e. government) owns & controls the means of production"?
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Agricultural Revolution
d)
Industrialization
38.
Emmeline Pankhurst & others were suffragists. What was their one basic aim?
a)
Equal rights for women, especially voting
b)
End to the monarchy & establishing democracy
c)
Create a free public education system
d)
Equal pay for equal work in the factories
39.
What was the most immediate result of public education?
a)
Increased literacy
b)
Longer workdays
c)
Fewer voters
d)
Increased union membership
40.
What class made up 80% of the population in Industrial Revolution Europe?
a)
Elite
b)
Middle
c)
Working
d)
Women
41.
At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, European nations wanted
a)
Raw materials
b)
Land
c)
Wealth
d)
All of the Above
42.
Using military force to expand current boundaries is an example of
a)
Industrialism
b)
Militarism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
43.
Which of the following were causes of imperialism?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Nationalism
c)
Imperialism
d)
All of the Above
44.
Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by
a)
Factories
b)
Hand
c)
Slaves
d)
Royalty
45.
Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by
a)
Factories
b)
Hand
c)
Slaves
d)
Royalty
46.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Changes and advancements in government
b)
Changes and advancements in militarism
c)
Changes and advancements in religion
d)
Changes and advancements in the production of goods
47.
Why was Great Britain the first country to industrialize?
a)
The king demanded it
b)
No other country wanted to industrialize
c)
They had all the necessary factors of production
d)
They had a political revolution
48.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
49.
The main reason industrialized nations wanted to imperialize non-industrialized nations was
a)
to gain raw materials
b)
to spread Christianity
c)
To show national pride
d)
To build factories there
50.
What led to an increase in population in Great Britain and forced many farmers to move to cities
a)
Increased agricultural yields
b)
National movements
c)
Colonial expansion
d)
Formation of a limited government
51.
What allowed goods to be produced cheaper and faster for the increasing population?
a)
Cottage industry
b)
Animal power
c)
Hand made items
d)
Mass production
52.
Taking over land other than your own by force
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Industrialism
d)
Socialism
53.
Policy for building up a strong military force to prepare for war
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Miliatarism
d)
Industrialism
54.
Expansion in this form of transportation dramatically improved industrialization in Britain
a)
Automobile
b)
Flight
c)
Shipping
d)
Railroads
55.
What is one reason why employers would hire women instead of men?
a)
Women work harder
b)
Women can do more difficult tasks
c)
Women have more work experience than men
d)
Employers could pay women less money
56.
What parts of Great Britain grew the most during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
The cities
b)
Coastal areas
c)
Mountainous areas
d)
Countryside
57.
The use of these helped make mass production possible
a)
Strike
b)
Interchangeable parts
c)
cottage industry
d)
factory system
58.
The theme of this image is
a)
Industrialism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Imperialism
59.
What key term means "A population shift from rural to urban areas and the ways in which each society adapts to the change"?
a)
Industrialization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
Socialism
60.
What key term means "The process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services"?
a)
Industrialization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Socialism
d)
Agricultural Revolution
61.
Which of these was a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid, improved by J. Watt in the 1760's?
a)
Flying shuttle
b)
Spinning jenny
c)
Water-powered loom
d)
Steam engine
62.
What new method of transportation transformed the United States into a single massive market in the 19th century?
a)
Interstate highways
b)
Wagon trails
c)
Railroads
d)
River flatboats
63.
What important source of energy did Britain begin using at the start of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Petroleum (oil)
d)
Nuclear
64.
What other forms of energy was electricity easily converted into?
a)
heat
b)
lights
c)
motion
d)
all of the above
65.
What types of things was steel used for?
a)
railways
b)
ships
c)
weapons
d)
all of the above
66.
Name the inventor of the telephone.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Joseph Swan
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Eli Whitney
67.
What types of things were powered by electricity?
a)
conveyor belts
b)
cranes
c)
machines
d)
all of the above
68.
Explain the impact electricity had on factories.
a)
Factories had to close down early.
b)
Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.
c)
People began moving back to the countryside.
d)
People could only go to the factories in the morning.
69.
How did the internal-combustion engine impact transportation?
a)
It provided a new source of power in transportation that gave rise to the airplane and automobile.
b)
It provided a new source of power in the textile industry that gave rise to better clothes.
70.
Who pioneered the assembly line in 1913?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Henry Benz
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Ford Wrangler
71.
The production of goods using machines
a)
urbanization
b)
mechanization
c)
french fry nation
d)
immigration
72.
The focusing of a factory on the production of one type of good
a)
immigration
b)
urbanization
c)
red sox nation
d)
specialization
73.
The process of moving goods, materials, and people from place to place
a)
immigration
b)
transportation
c)
specialization
d)
budgetization
74.
The growth of cities caused by more people living there
a)
mechanization
b)
immigration
c)
urbanization
d)
specialization
75.
The Irish coming to America as a result of the Potato Famine are an example of:
a)
specilaization
b)
immigration
c)
emigration
d)
poor judgement
76.
During the Industrial Revolution, transportation was improved by having more:
a)
airplanes
b)
canals & paved roads
c)
taxi service
d)
time because there was no Netflix
77.
Which one is a goal of industrialization?
a)
make things more efficently
b)
destroy the environment
c)
take more time to make products
d)
more importing of products
78.
Urbanization led to :
a)
cities that would often be overcrowned & unsanitary
b)
growing farming areas
c)
more people deciding to live in a rural area
d)
the Eagles getting a new stadium
79.
License that gives an inventor the exclusive right to make,use or sell an invention
a)
product license
b)
patent
c)
chicken
d)
telegraph
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