WorksheetsUnit 8: The Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
This term refers to the total physical and mental effort used in the creation of either a good or service.
Human Labor
Capital
Stocks
Urbanization
This term refers to people moving to cities from rural areas in large numbers.
Urbanization
Human Labor
Ruralism
Capital
This term refers to wealth or anything of value that can be added to a company.
Capital
Human Labor
Urbanization
Stocks
This term refers to the traditional way of producing goods by means of manufacturing items in homes, rather than factories.
Domestic System
Factory System
Capital
Stock
This term refers to mass producing goods in a large, factory setting. This would replace the traditional way of producing goods since this system was far more efficient than its predecessor.
Factory System
Domestic System
Corporation
Urbanization
This term refers to small, cramped, multi-story buildings that did not have access to running water or sewage. This is where many factory workers would be forced to live, since this was all they could likely afford.
Tenement Buildings
Capital
Corporation
Domestic System
This term refers to having a certain share of ownership in a business.
Stocks
Capital
Human Labor
Capitalism
This term refers to a business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts.
Corporation
Stocks
Human Labor
Capital
This term refers to allowing business to handle their own affairs, regarding their businesses, with little to no interference with the government.
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Utilitarianism
This term refers to a economic model in which the government owns the means of production, and distributes them equally to its people; in addition to not having private ownership of property.
Communism
Capitalism
Urbanization
Factory System
True or False: In the days before the Industrial Revolution, goods were produced in factory like settings in which goods were mass produced and thus made more cheaply for people to purchase.
False
True
What were the various causes that allowed the Industrial Revolution to begin in England around 1750?
Enclosure Movement/Agriculture Revolution, Population Boom, Natural Resources and Capital.
Enclosure Movement, Population Boom, Natural Resources and Capital.
Population Boom, Natural Resources and Capital.
Enclosure Movement, Population Boom, Natural Resources.
Why did the causes or conditions of the Industrial Revolution allow the nation it started in to be the first to industrialize?
England, not Germany or France, was fortunate to have all of these items present, thus making it a perfect candidate for something like the Industrial Revolution.
Germany, not England or France, was fortunate to have all of these items present, thus making it a perfect candidate for something like the Industrial Revolution.
France, and not Germany or England, was fortunate to have all of these items present, thus making it a perfect candidate for something like the Industrial Revolution.
None of these
What major industry was the first to fully industrialize in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution?
Textile Production
Mining
Meat Processing
Shoe Manufacturing
What major cities population would explode due to the people flocking to these cities in search of factory work?
London
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Why were factories such dangerous places to work in?
Due to not having government rules or regulations in place, factory owners would often times cut corners here in order to save money, which created dangerous working conditions.
Children as young as five years old were reported to be working in either mines or factories for up to 14 hours a day, and thus were not suited for this type of work due to their young ages.
The over regulations from the governments of the world would make factory work more dangerous, since they would only complicate the work that factory workers had to do.
The work was so boring and monotonous, that workers would often get bored and therefore make mistakes due to boredom and feeling physically exhausted from working 12-14 hour days.
True or False: Women and Children were exposed to such treacherous conditions such as: having to work for decent pay in relatively safe and clean working environments for up to eight to ten hours a day for five days a week.
False
True
What types of laws were passed to help improve working conditions for factory workers in the 1830-40's?
They regulated child labor in mines and factories
They allowed overtime pay, since this would allow workers to make quite a bit more money, since they work for 12-14 hours a day.
They allowed them to have time off, or leave, if they were injured on the job or got sick.
They created government programs to help those that were injured while on the job to be able to take care of themselves.
Who was the person that illegally brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States in the late 1700's?
Samuel Slater
John D. Rockefeller
Jethro Tull
Charles Townsend
What would the employees of factory workers ultimately do to push back against CEO's like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie?
Create labor unions to fight for better conditions and pay for workers and to strike if their demands were not met.
Ask these individuals for an increase in pay, at the expense of allowing dangerous working conditions to continue in the work place.
Request safe working conditions, at the expense of taking less pay, due to CEO's having to spend more money to make factories safer.
None of these
Who was the founder of Capitalism and what was the name of their book?
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith, Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx, Wealth of Nations
Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto
What were the Three Laws of Capitalism that are outlined in Capitalism?
Law of Self Interest
Law of Competition
Law of Supply and Demand
Law of Command Economies
What is Utilitarianism?
A pro-capitalistic approach that requires government to be somewhat involved and doing things for the greater good of man.
A pro-communist approach that requires government to be somewhat involved and doing things for the greater good of man.
A pro-capitalistic approach that requires government to be completely hands off and doing things for the greater good of man.
A pro-communist approach that requires government to be completely involved and doing things for the greater good of man.
Who was the person that developed Communism?
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
In Communism, who controls all the means of production?
The Government
The People
The Corporations
The Pope
