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WorksheetsHistory of Clothing
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main textile that has been preserved from ancient Egyptian fashion?
a)
linen
b)
silk
c)
cotton
2.
What are sumptuary dress laws?
a)
laws controlling who made clothes
b)
laws for controlling modesty in dress
c)
laws that tried to control spending on clothes or fashions
3.
Fashion in the 18th and 19th century was impacted by?
a)
Industrial revolution, it gave birth to the middle class.
b)
Dressmakers and tailors, they created more custom clothes for the middle class.
c)
Growth of the couture fashion market.
d)
Royalty
4.
An example of how fashion reflects social change is?
a)
A woman wearing constraining garments was a characteristic of their restricted life-styles and obedient to their husbands and fathers.
b)
Dressmakers and tailors creating dresses for women.
c)
Growth of the couture fashion market.
d)
Materials imported from other countries.
5.
Give an example of how fashion reflects political history?
a)
Dressmakers and tailors creating dresses for women.
b)
Growth of the couture fashion market.
c)
Materials imported from other countries
d)
Designers currently using fashion as a medium for raising political awareness and promoting environmentalism.
6.
The growth of the garment industry encouraged the growth of unionism by?
a)
Workers being pleased by factories wonderful working conditions.
b)
Clothing being made outside of this country.
c)
Garment workers banning together in protest against horrible working condition in sweatshops.
d)
Children banning together to form unions.
7.
What change in women’s status influenced fashion in the twentieth century?
a)
Women gained the right to vote and enter the workforce.
b)
Suburban life-style and family life.
c)
Growth of middle class.
d)
Baby boom.
8.
Art of dress making known as ________?
a)
Dressmaker
b)
Tailor
c)
Seamstress
d)
Couture
9.
A ______ comes fast and last a short period of time
a)
Trend
b)
Fad
c)
Couture fashion
d)
Trendsetting
10.
A ________, on the other hand, has the potential of becoming a long-term influence on fashion.
a)
Trend
b)
Fad
c)
Couture fashion
d)
Trendsetting
11.
During this time period people wanted to party. The lived for today, because tomorrow not promised.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Renaissance
c)
Roaring 1920's
d)
World War I
12.
_________ occurs when one's emotions, opinions, or behaviors are affected by others.
a)
Political influence
b)
Social influence
c)
Economic influence
d)
Artistic influence
13.
War, who is in the White House, etc would be a __________.
a)
Economic influence
b)
Political influence
c)
Artistic influence
d)
Social influence
14.
How did the Civil War impact fashion?
a)
Wartime fashions
b)
Standardized sizing
c)
oDevelopment of department stores
d)
Death
15.
As the middle class grew, businessmen wanted to establish image of respectability. This gave birth to the____________.
a)
Pants
b)
Jackets
c)
Skirts
d)
Business suit
16.
In 1873 Levi Strauss began to manufacture long wearing pants with tough cotton fabric called ______.
a)
Jeans
b)
Cotton
c)
Denim
d)
Cloth
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