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Industrial Revolution-Mass Society Study Guide

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What nation in Europe had the highest percentage of industrialized areas?

a)

Britain

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

Russia

2.

What was the LEAST industrialized nation in 1850?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

3.

Read the following passage from the Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx believed that all problem in history have been a result of a struggle between ________.

a)

Rich and poor classes

b)

Different racial groups

c)

Different religious groups

d)

Men and women

4.

Read the following passage. What happened to mill workers' wages between 1885 and 1895?

a)

They increased

b)

They decreased

c)

They stayed the same

5.

The Industrial Revolution created an equal distribution of wealth throughout society.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

Britain

b)

USA

c)

China

d)

Brazil

7.

What TWO developments helped improve health conditions within cities during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Fresh water

b)

Sewage removal

c)

Food banks

d)

Herbicides

8.

What craft was first industrialized?

a)

Textiles

b)

Carpentry

c)

Automobiles

d)

Plumbing

9.

What group was NOT part of the new elite?

a)

Proletariats

b)

Merchants

c)

Industrialists

d)

Aristocrats

10.

What was NOT a development that allowed more products to be made during the second phase of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Electricity

b)

Steel

c)

Internal combustion

d)

Paper

11.

What were TWO middle class values during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Hard work

b)

Religion

c)

Exercise

d)

Veganism

12.

What term best describes the middle class; merchants and industrialists; professional people?

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Proletariat

c)

Capital

d)

Puddling

13.

What term best describes the process in which coke (derived from coal) is used to burn impurities in crude iron to create high-quality iron?

a)

Puddling

b)

Feminism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Cottage Industry

14.

What term best describes the method of work in which individuals performed tasks in their rural homes?

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Feminism

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

Puddling

15.

What term describes a person interested in finding new business opportunities and ways to create profit?

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Dictator

c)

Socialist

d)

Feminist

16.

What term best describes money available for investment?

a)

Capital

b)

Feminism

c)

Proletariat

d)

Dictatorship

17.

What term best describes the ability to read?

a)

Literacy

b)

Feminism

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneur

18.

What term best describes a system in which society (in the form of a government) collectively own and controls the means of production?

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feminism

d)

Puddling

19.

What type of job was NOT open to women during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Nurse

b)

Manager

c)

Typist

d)

Telephone operator

20.

What was a negative consequence of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

a)

Increase in slavery in the southern USA

b)

Increased investment in cotton mills

c)

Increased profits for southern plantation owners

d)

Increase spending for public schools

21.

What term describes the movement for women's rights?

a)

Feminism

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

Proletariat

22.

What terms describes a form of government in which one person (or a small group) have absolute power?

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Feminism

c)

Proletariat

d)

Puddling

23.

What invention allowed factories to be located away from rivers?

a)

Steam engine

b)

Bulldozer

c)

Power loom

d)

Paddle wheel