WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution & Imperialism (Goodson)
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Stronger countries exploiting weaker counties is called ________.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Industrialism
d)
Communism
2.
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
France
b)
America
c)
England
d)
Germany
3.
The move from hand-made to machine-made goods is called:
a)
The Industrial Revolution
b)
The Enlightenment
c)
The Renaissance
d)
Imperialism
4.
What was the first machine of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Flying Shuttle
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Locomotive
d)
Spinning Gump
5.
Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Francis Cabot Lowell
c)
James Watt
d)
Jethro Tull
6.
Who mechanized every stage of cloth manufacturing and is known for only employing young, single women in his factories?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Jenny
c)
Francis Cabot Lowell
d)
Jethro Tull
7.
Where did many farmers move when rich landowners purchased their farms?
a)
To the country
b)
To the cities or urban areas
8.
What were two early sources of power used in the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Water & Coal
b)
Coal & Horses
9.
The first machines of the Industrial Revolution were used to make what product?
a)
Textiles
b)
Furniture
c)
Ships
d)
Trains
10.
In what century did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The 13th century (1200’s)
b)
The 14th century (1300’s)
c)
The 18th century (1700’s)
d)
The 20th century (1900’s)
11.
Who invented the steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
James Watt
c)
Francis Cabot Lowell
d)
Adam Smith
12.
The invention of the Steam Engine led to the building of what network in England?
a)
Roads
b)
Railroads
13.
What is one thing that is vital to a countries ability to industrialize?
a)
An adequate supply of food
b)
An abundance of sea ports
14.
The larger supply of food that allowed England to industrialize came about because of what era?
a)
The Enlightenment
b)
The Renaissance
c)
The Agricultural Revolution
d)
The Scientific Revolution
15.
What were the Flying Shuttle and the Spinning Jenny used to produce?
a)
Furniture
b)
Ships
c)
Trains
d)
Textiles
16.
What was the first area in the United States to industrialize?
a)
The Southeast
b)
The Northeast
c)
The West
d)
The Midwest
17.
What person is credited with the invention of the European version of a seed drill?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Jethro Tull
c)
Francis Cabot Lowell
d)
James Watt
18.
What happened to cities in England thanks to the Industrial Revolution?
a)
They became overcrowded and polluted
b)
They began to shrink in size
c)
They changed names
d)
They stopped producing textiles
19.
How would you describe the working conditions and wages in the factories of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
They improved vastly
b)
Work was easier for older people
c)
Poor wages and poor working conditions
d)
Children could not work in factories
20.
Who worked in factories at this time, which would be illegal today?
a)
Older people
b)
Children
c)
Robots
d)
Women
21.
Did the income gap between the rich and poor grow wider or smaller during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Smaller
b)
Wider
22.
What did workers form to combat the ill-effects of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Gangs
b)
The Templar Order
c)
Labor Unions
d)
Posses
23.
What was the first country to adopt Communism in 1917?
a)
Russia (The Soviet Union)
b)
China
c)
North Korea
d)
Cuba
24.
What is the economic system that allows for private ownership and investment for individual gain?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Facsism
25.
Who was the great advocate of capitalism, free markets, and it's three laws?
a)
Karl Marx
b)
John Key
c)
Adam Smith
d)
James Watt
26.
What is the economic and political system that calls for government ownership of all factors of production?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Libertarianism
27.
What country was founded on the principles of Capitalism?
a)
The Soviet Union
b)
The United States
28.
What would you purchase in order to have partial ownership in a corporation?
a)
Shares of stock
b)
Bonds
c)
Mutual Funds
d)
Big Macs
29.
What phrase is given because of the fact that the British were the first country to industrialize?
a)
The Industrial Age
b)
The Industrial Revolution
c)
The British Miracle
d)
The Union Jack
30.
Whose ideas and writings inspired both the Bolsheviks in Russia and many of the workers of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
John Lennon
31.
What book did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write?
a)
The Communist Manifesto
b)
The Wealth of Nations
32.
Who brought the memorized schematics of the power loom to the United States and is sometimes referred to as the “Father of the Industrial Revolution” for America?
a)
James Watt
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Karl Marx
33.
What French term refers to the government having little to zero interaction with businesses?
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Coup d'etat
34.
What was the name of the war between Japan and China in 1894-95?
a)
The Chinese War
b)
The Japanese War
c)
The Sino-Japanese War
d)
The Manchurian War
35.
Who won the Sino-Japanese War?
a)
Japan
b)
Sinoa
c)
China
d)
Simese
36.
What is the name of the treaty that ended the war between Russia and Japan in 1904-05?
a)
The Treat of Portsmouth
b)
The Treaty of Paris
c)
The Treaty of Kyoto
d)
The Treaty of Kanagawa
37.
Who mediated the peace between Russia and Japan at the Treaty of Portsmouth?
a)
Tokugawa
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
38.
What was the name of the war between Japan and Russia?
a)
The Russo-Japanese War
b)
The Edo War
c)
The Kamchatkin War
d)
The Siberian Conflict
39.
Who won the war between Russia and Japan?
a)
Russia
b)
Japan
c)
Pokemon
d)
Luigi
40.
Who was the leader of the victorious Meiji Revolt in Japan, turning it into a more modern state?
a)
Tokugawa
b)
Sakamoto Ryoma
41.
What was the name of the war between Prussia and France in 1870-71?
a)
Prussian-French War
b)
Franco-Prussian War
c)
The French & Prussian War
d)
The Prussian War
42.
What Prussian leader helped to cause the start of the Franco-Prussian War?
a)
Otto Von Bismarck
b)
The Kaiser
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Charles DeGaule
43.
Who lost the Franco-Prussian War?
a)
France
b)
Prussia
44.
What did the loser of the Franco-Prussian War have to surrender?
a)
The Rhineland
b)
Alsace-Lorraine
c)
Their souls
d)
Their capital
45.
Who was chosen to negotiate (and to intimidate) the Japanese into opening ports for trade with the United States?
a)
Chandler
b)
Commodore Matthew Perry
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
FDR
46.
What were Matthew Perry's ships called?
a)
The White Ships
b)
Destroyers
c)
The Black Ships
d)
Battleships
47.
What was the name of the treaty signed by the Japanese (their first with a Western country), that opened up two ports of trade with the United States?
a)
The Treaty of Kanagawa
b)
The Treaty of Portsmouth
48.
What is the domination or subjugation of weaker countries by stronger ones called?
a)
Imperialism
b)
Industrialization
c)
Nationalism
d)
Militarism
49.
What was the nick-name of the fleet that President Theodore Roosevelt ordered to sail around the globe?
a)
The Great White Fleet
b)
The Black Ships
c)
The Red Ships
d)
The Great Black Fleet
50.
What was the name of the war which was caused by Britain forcing China to allow narcotics into their country?
a)
The Opium Wars
b)
The Doobie Wars
c)
The Boxer Rebellion
d)
The War of 420
51.
Who lost the Opium War?
a)
China
b)
Britain
c)
Japan
d)
United States
52.
What land was China forced to give to Britain after the Opium Wars?
a)
Manchria
b)
Korea
c)
Hong Kong
d)
The Philipines
53.
After losing to Britain in the Opium Wars, what was the nick-name of the next century for China?
a)
The 100 Years
b)
The Century of Absolutism
c)
The Century of Shame
d)
The Warring Period
54.
What was the name of the areas China had been carved into called by the world's powers?
a)
Spheres of China
b)
Spheres of Influence
c)
The Chinese Slices
d)
Islands of Influence
55.
What group wanted great changes for the new nation-state of Turkey?
a)
The Young Turks
b)
The Youngins
c)
The Turkeys
d)
The Revolutionary Turks
56.
What was the name of the event in which Chinese fighters tried to defeat and expel outside influence in their country?
a)
The Boxer Rebellion
b)
The Opium Wars
c)
The Franco-Chinese War
d)
The Sino-Japanese War
57.
Were the Boxers successful in the Boxer Rebellion against the world's powers?
a)
Yes
b)
No
58.
Who became known as the “Father of Turkey,” and as the Ataturk, and wanted to make Turkey into a more modern-style country?
a)
Mustafa Kemal
b)
Otto Von Bismarck
c)
James Watt
d)
Matthew Perry
59.
What Asian country suffered greatly because of Imperialism?
a)
Japan
b)
China
60.
What Asian country became aggressively imperialistic in the late 19th century?
a)
Japan
b)
China
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