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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false: The Transportation Revolution made travel faster through the use of railroads, turnpikes, and canals.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The Bourgeoisie was the middle class business owners that was also called___________.

a)

have nots

b)

haves

c)

peasants

d)

nobles

3.

What kind of union supported the workers by arguing for better wages, hours, and conditions?

a)

craft

b)

Worker

c)

Labor

d)

White-collar

4.

True or False: John Dalton created the idea of natural selection and survival of the fittest.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

True or False: The new Process that made steel cheaper and stronger was called the Bessemer.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Who invented the seed drill?

a)

John Dalton

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Eli Whitley

d)

Juthro Tull

7.

Which 'way of new thinking' was Karl Marx associated with?

a)

Communism

b)

capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Social Market

8.

Why did Thomas Malthus discourage vaccinations?

a)

Believed that it was harmful to people.

b)

Believed it was a way for people to get sick.

c)

Believed it was a way to help keep the population in check.

d)

Believed that it would help people.

9.

True or False: The method of producing cloth in individual homes was called the putting system or cottage system.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who created the assembly line?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Juthro Tull

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Karl Marx

11.

True or False: An assembly line is a moving belt where one person does one job.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is a dynamo?

a)

Steam engine

b)

Locomotive

c)

Light bulb

d)

Small Electric Motor

13.

Who invented a dynamo?

a)

Michael Fraday

b)

Charles Dickson

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Claude Monet

14.

What was the Proletariat?

a)

Haves

b)

Have nots

c)

Bourgeoisie

d)

Capitalism

15.

What is urbanization?

a)

People moving from the farms to the cities.

b)

People moving from the cities to the farms.

16.

The process of increasing the production of machine made goods was called?

a)

Standard of living

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Industrialization

d)

Free Market

17.

True or False: The standard of Living is a measure of the quality and availability of life-styles of an area.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What used Morse code to communicate?

a)

Telephone

b)

Telegraph

c)

Email

d)

Letter

19.

What was land, labor, and capital that was needed to industrialize called?

a)

Free Market

b)

Standard of living

c)

Factors of Production

d)

Natural Resources

20.

What man was able to show a link between microbes/ germs and disease?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Jonh Dalton

d)

Juthro Tull

21.

Where did early factories have to be located?

a)

In the middle of the city

b)

In an open field

c)

Easy access to the sea

d)

Near a source of energy

22.

What was the high quality iron used for?

a)

Buildings

b)

Houses

c)

Railroads

d)

Cars

23.

What types of market did Laissez-faire economist believe would help everyone?

a)

Competitive market

b)

Perfect market

c)

Monopoly

d)

Free Market

24.

After Britain what was the first European country to industrialize?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Belgium

25.

What are the reasons why Industrialization begin in Britain?

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Easy access to the sea

c)

stable government

d)

good economy

26.

What was the main reason Europe had a population explosion in the 1800s?

a)

Death Rate Fell

b)

Lots of babies were born

c)

Death rate went up

27.

True or False: The main purpose for selling stock was to allow companies to raise Capital.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Who was a pioneer in the area of hospital care, safety, and hygiene?

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Louis Pasteur

29.

What popular concept idealized women and the home?

a)

Cult of Domesticity

b)

Womens Suffrage

c)

Standard of Living

d)

Factors of production

30.

True or False: The main purpose of Normal school was to train students to become workers in the factory.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Socialists believed the solution to poverty and injustice was ___________ of the means of production.

a)

Ownership

b)

Shared ownership

c)

corporate ownership

32.

Who was the Utilitarian who wanted government to step in and help the lives of the working class?

a)

Thomas Eddison

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Juthro Tull

33.

True or False: People who manage and assume the financial risk of a new business is called an entrepreneurs.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

who invented the light bulb?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Jeremy Bentham

35.

Why did cities grow during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Lots of babies where born

b)

naturalization

c)

people moved there to work

d)

For factors of production

36.

Why did some critics believe women shouldn't be allowed to vote?

a)

Too emotional

b)

protect them from politics

c)

Needed to be at home

d)

They would be too much of a competition

37.

What is the theory of Social Darwinism?

a)

Survival of the Fittest

b)

Natural selection

c)

Origin of species

d)

Evolution

38.

True or False: By the late 1700s in the factory is where you could find a spinning mule and water frame.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

True or False: the surplus of food contributed to the population growth.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

True of False: a Corporation is a company that sells ownership shares to many investors?

a)

True

b)

False

41.

What did Joseph Lister do?

a)

Invented the assembly line

b)

Invented the light bulb

c)

Used antiseptics to sterilize

d)

invented the seed drill

42.

The Luddites where workers that revolted against labor organizations and the use of machines in the factories.

a)

True

b)

False