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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Inventions
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services.
a)
industrialization
b)
organization
2.
Movement of people from rural areas to cities
a)
depopulation
b)
urbanization
3.
Method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building, employees followed rules and regulations and became used to working regular hours and worked simple tasks over and over again.
a)
gaming system
b)
factory system
4.
Industries primarily concerned with the design or manufacture of clothing. The first industry to be changed by industrialization.
a)
voting industry
b)
textile industry
5.
Created by James Watt; used coal to heat water to boiling to run engines; improved transportation and allowed factories to be built anywhere because they did not need to be water-powered
a)
steam engine
b)
gas engine
6.
Robert Fulton invented in 1807, a boat that moves by the power of a steam engine, made it easier and quicker to travel goods
a)
hotboat
b)
steamboat
7.
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields
a)
cotton gin
b)
silk maker
8.
uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces
a)
interchangeable parts
b)
opposite parts
9.
inventor of the telegraph
a)
Samuel Morse
b)
Sponge bob
10.
an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
a)
Golden pond
b)
Erie canal
11.
A section of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered, through which ships pass.
a)
lock system
b)
open system
12.
The outcome of three interrelated developments: rapid improvements in transportation, commercialization, and industrialization
a)
super market
b)
market revolution
13.
road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
a)
National Road
b)
Route 66
14.
Economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference
a)
command center
b)
free enterprise
15.
a road that one must pay to use; the money is used to pay for the road
a)
freeway
b)
turnpike
16.
Artificial waterway dug across land to improve transportation
a)
canal
b)
lake
17.
A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
a)
bill of sale
b)
patent
18.
First full-sized U.S. commercial steamboat; invented by Robert Fulton and tested in 1807
a)
Clermont
b)
Popeye
19.
A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances
a)
gameboy
b)
telegraph
20.
An American inventor who developed the cotton gin. Also contributed to the concept of interchangeable parts that were exactly alike and easily assembled or exchanged
a)
John Doe
b)
Eli Whitney
21.
"Father of the Factory System" in America; escaped Britain with the memorized plans for the textile machinery; put into operation the first spinning cotton thread in 1791.
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Oscar Myer
22.
American industrialist who developed a mill system that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth. He hired young women to live and work in his mill.
a)
Francis Cabot Lowell
b)
Andrew Carnegie
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