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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What name is given to the era from 1750-1900 that saw a huge increase in innovation, mechanization, and increased factory production?
a)
Neolithic revolution
b)
Capitalist revolution
c)
Market revolution
d)
Industrial revolution
2.
Which of the following is NOT one of the Factors of Production?
a)
Government
b)
Land
c)
Labor
d)
Capital
3.
What is an entrepreneur?
a)
A person who owns a factory and employs workers
b)
A person who comes up with ideas to improve production
c)
A person who provides money to improve industry
d)
All of the above are entrepreneurial activities
4.
Which of the following inventions came FIRST?
a)
Spinning Jenny
b)
Steam Engine
c)
Power Loom
d)
Steel plow
5.
What role did people like James Watt, Eli Whitney, and James Hargreaves have in the Industrial Revolution?
a)
They all financed the opening of factories in England in the early 1800s.
b)
They all invented, or improved upon inventions, that advanced the Industrial Revolution.
c)
They all were important economic theorists during the Industrial Revolution.
d)
They all smuggled ideas from England to the USA to help America catch up to England.
6.
Which British industry was the first to combine steam power and advanced technology to mass-manufacture goods?
a)
Building materials
b)
Roofing supplies
c)
Fabric making
d)
Transportation
7.
Why was industrial production preferable to hand manufacturing?
a)
Mass produced goods were always of a superior quality.
b)
It was less expensive to make your own goods than buy them.
c)
Purchasing pre-manufactured goods was a status symbol in the Industrial Revolution.
d)
It was usually easier and less time consuming to buy pre-made items.
8.
Why were advances in steam engine technology the MOST helpful in advancing the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Steam provided a new, improved source of power for machines
b)
Steam technology led to an increase in coal mining, leading o more employment.
c)
Steam engines were much more efficient than those powered by fossil fuels.
d)
Steam engines replaced many workers, allowing for more efficient production.
9.
According to Adam Smith, if things are too expensive, consumers won't buy them, and if prices are too low, manufacturers can't afford to make them. Therefore, prices will be low enough for consumers, but high enough to allow for profits. What did he call this theory?
a)
Das Kapital-- Communism
b)
The Socialist Declaration of Principles
c)
The Wealth of Nations
d)
The Invisible Hand
10.
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
a)
They had the best transportation system in the world.
b)
They had access to iron ore, coal, a large population, and plenty of money.
c)
Their use the Mercantile system in the 1700s led to more markets to sell to in the 1800s.
d)
The English were politically and geographically isolated, allowing them to focus on invention.
11.
What is another term for preventing government intervention in economic activity?
a)
Libertarianism
b)
Lass es in Ruhe
c)
Dejame en paz
d)
Laissez Faire
12.
What book, written by Karl Marx and Frederich Englels, states that workers must unite and violently overthrow the wealthy classes?
a)
The Wealth of Nations
b)
The Communist Manifesto
c)
Mein Kampf
d)
The Anarchist's Cookbook
13.
How is Socialism different from Communism?
a)
In Socialism, the people can still own private property; in Communism, there is no private property.
b)
In Socialism, the Government regulates the Economy, in Communism, the government is not necessary as the people control everything.
c)
Both of these answers are correct.
d)
Neither of these answers is correct.
14.
What was the MOST significant long-term effect of the Industrial Revolution, from the following choices?
a)
People no longer wear hand made or home made clothing.
b)
People mostly have jobs in factories and heavy industry.
c)
People are wealthier, but less happy than before the Industrial Revolution.
d)
More people live in cities and fewer people live on farms than before the Industrial Revolution.
15.
Which of the following improvements to society did NOT come about as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
The Abolition of Slavery
b)
The Advancement of Women's Rights
c)
Universal Male Suffrage
d)
All of the above are correct
16.
Which economic class experienced the most growth as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
The Wealthy
b)
The Middle Class
c)
The Working Class
d)
The Poor
17.
Which of the following changes caused by the Industrial Revolution had the greatest impact on the lives of the population in newly industrialized areas?
a)
As manufacturing jobs became more available, most peoples' standard of living fell.
b)
As more industry grew in cities, more people died from disease and starvation.
c)
As more people left farms for work in the cities, farmers began having more children.
d)
As more people worked for wages and more goods were produced, peoples' standard of living rose overall.
18.
Which Industrial Revolution innovator was able to use new technology to advance germ theory?
a)
Anton Lavoissier
b)
Louis Pasteur
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
19.
Which Industrial Revolution innovator was able to prove the existence of radiation, and earned two Nobel prizes for science (Physics and Chemistry)?
a)
Nikolai Tesla
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Marie Curie
d)
Pierre Curie
20.
The development of the __________ allowed Henry Ford to advance the concept of assembly line manufacturing as well as transportation.
a)
Vulcanization process for rubber
b)
conveyor belt
c)
internal combustion engine
d)
gasoline refinery
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