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The Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the British monarch who ruled Britain during the Victorian period?

a)

Queen Veronica

b)

King Vincent

c)

Queen Victoria

d)

Dr Dre

2.

Between which dates did Queen Victoria rule?

a)

1837 - 1910

b)

1807 - 1901

c)

1937 - 2020

d)

1837 - 1901

3.

Who designed one of the first locomotives named the Rocket?

a)

George Orwell

b)

George Stephenson

c)

Dr Barnardo

d)

Charles Dickens

4.

Who introduced the factory act?

a)

Lord Shaftesbury

b)

George Stephenson

c)

Lewis Carroll

d)

Lord Voldermort

5.

What did the factory act do?

a)

Ensure that all people had a job at a factory.

b)

Allow every factory to have an acting class.

c)

Made it illegal for under 14s to have a full-time job.

d)

Made it illegal for women to work at a factory.

6.

Who opened homes for homeless children in London?

a)

Dr Dickens

b)

Dr Barnardo

c)

Lord Shaftesbury

d)

Dr Bababa

7.

Which three C's helped to Manchester prosper during the industrial revolution?

a)

Coal, cotton and canals

b)

Coal, cotton and cucumbers

c)

Cars, cotton and canals

d)

Coal, chickens and canals

8.

In which year did it become compulsory for children to attend school until aged 10?

a)

1870

b)

1837

c)

1900

d)

1880

9.

Who set up the first Police force?

a)

Robert Rind

b)

Rupert Orange

c)

Mary Seacole

d)

Robert Peel

10.

What was the name given to the movement of people from the countryside to the city inorder to find work?

a)

Overcrowding

b)

Urbanization

c)

Country walk

d)

Job finding

11.

In which part of a city were the working class people most likely to live?

a)

Parliament

b)

Sofa

c)

Slum

d)

Suburbs