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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Crash Course
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 26mins
This is John Kay. What did he invent in 1733 that increased the speed of weaving?
Flying Shuttle
Spinning Mule
Steam Engine
Electricity
Thomas Newcomen created this invention which helped to clear water out of mines. What is it?
Flying Shuttle
The Macerena
Steam Engine
Spinning Jenny
Who improved upon the invention of Thomas Newcomen (and also become much more famous than him)?
John Kay
Albert Einstein
James Watt
Jim Freund
At what point in time does John Green claim that China, India, and Europe at roughly the same place in terms of industrial production?
1900 CE
1800 BCE
1500 CE
1800 CE
__________ was an increase in production brought about by the use of machines and characterized by the use of new energy sources.
Capitalism
The Industrial Revolution
The Hokey Pokey
Water Power
Which of the following were huge advantages the British had over other countries in the world at the time the Industrial Revolution began? (Select all that apply)
There were smarter.
They had access to coal.
British workers had the highest wages in the world at the time.
They were more attractive.
They had all the tea!
A ______ is a type of woven cloth or fabric.
spinning jenny
wage
textile
steam engine
Before the Industrial Revolution, about 80% of people were farmers.
True
False
Europeans invented paper money, gunpowder, printing, paper, and compasses.
True
False
What you get paid for the work you do is known as a
bonus
capitalist
textile
wage
Which of the following can be attributed to the Industrial Revolution? (select all that apply)
Free public education
Electricity
Higher life expectancy
Urbanization (moving away from farms and into cities)
________ is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Communism
The Industrial Revolution
Capitalism
Steam Punk
_________ means focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world; reflecting a tendency to interpret the world in terms of European or Anglo-American values and experiences.
Equality
Eurocentric
Industrialism
