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Life in the Industrial Age

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A British engineer who developed and patented a new process for making steel from iron

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

e)

Charles Darwin

2.

A Swedish chemist who invented dynamite

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

e)

Charles Darwin

3.

The American inventor who made the first electric light bulb

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

e)

Charles Darwin

4.

Rebuilding of the poor areas of a city

a)

Renewal

b)

Urban Renewal

c)

Mutual-Aid Societies

5.

Self-help groups formed by workers to aid sick or injured workers

a)

Renewal

b)

Urban Renewal

c)

Mutual-Aid Societies

6.

In the 1800s, ______________________ was supported in books, magazines, and popular songs.

a)

Cult of Domesticity

b)

Dancing

c)

Cult of Big Business

7.

A British naturalist who introduced the theories of evolution and natural selection

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

e)

Charles Darwin

8.

An artistic style emphasizing imagination, freedom, and emotion

a)

Romanticism

b)

Surrealism

c)

Minimalism

d)

Impressionism

9.

An art movement in the 1800s in which artists sought to depict the human eye’s first perception of a scene

a)

Romanticism

b)

Surrealism

c)

Minimalism

d)

Impressionism

10.

A famous post-impressionism artist

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

e)

Charles Darwin

11.

How did Germany and the United States become industrial leaders?

a)

Had more coal, iron, and natural resources

b)

Had smarter people

c)

Were just better than Britain

12.

What new form of energy changed cities and factories?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Electricity

c)

Nuclear Power

d)

Chemical energy

13.

Between 1800 and 1900, the population of Europe more than ____________ due to advances in __________.

a)

doubled, engineering

b)

tripled, medicine

c)

doubled, medicine

d)

tripled, engineering

14.

Where were people working when they came into a cites?

a)

Farms

b)

Starbucks

c)

Mines

d)

Factories

15.

Women wanted fairness in...

a)

Marriage

b)

Divorce

c)

Property Law

d)

Voting

16.

Below the upper class was a growing

________ class and then a struggling _______ _______ class.

a)

middle, upper lower

b)

lower, upper lower

c)

middle, lower middle

d)

lower, lower middle

17.

1.What qualities did romantics include in their works?

a)

Direct language

b)

Violence

c)

Intense Feelings

d)

Glorification of Nature

e)

Glorification of God

18.

What new art form was developed?

a)

Photography

b)

Painting

c)

Pottery

d)

Sculpting

19.

People believed that _____________ would create better workers.

a)

Money

b)

Labor

c)

Illiteracy

d)

Education

20.

___________ wanted to portray the world as it truly was.

a)

Surrealists

b)

Minimalists

c)

Realists

d)

Romanticists