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The World MUST Be Industrialized

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
2.
What product was first made using machines in factories?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
c)
locomotives
d)
flying shuttles
3.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
4.
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
a)
Cartel
b)
Corporation
c)
Factory
d)
Urbanization
5.
Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by
a)
Factories
b)
Hand
c)
Slaves
d)
Royalty
6.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
7.
The Industrial Revolution happening during the _____ and the ____.
a)
1700s, 1800s
b)
1800s, 1900s
c)
1900s, 2000s
d)
1500s, 1600s
8.
This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.
a)
Spinning Mule
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Cotton Gin
9.
Who invented the spinning jenny?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Edmund Cartwright
c)
William Kelly
d)
Henry Cort
10.
Children were wanted to work in the mines because: 
a)
They didn't know facts
b)
Children were smaller than adults and could move around small spaces
c)
People wanted them to suffer in pain
d)
people wanted them to know what its Like to go through life as an adult
11.
The cotton gin and interchangeable parts were inventions of--
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Robert Morse
12.
The change from individual production of goods to machine production is called
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
agrarian societs
d)
nullification
13.
Mass production led to:
a)
Products being more superior in quality
b)
goods became less expensive
c)
laborers received higher wages
d)
industries moved to rural areas
14.
The steam powered locomotive was able to transport goods and people throughout the US as a result of 
a)
Railways
b)
Deep Harbors
c)
Wide Canals
d)
 Landing Strips
15.
What was the Spinning Jenny used for?
a)
Weaving Cloth
b)
Sorting Cotting
c)
Making Electricity
d)
Transportation
16.

"The Industrial Revolution was the period in which the production of goods shifted from hand production methods to complex machines. This period of industrialization resulted in social and economic changes." What is an EFFECT of the Industrial Revolution according to the statement?

a)

It resulted in social and economic changes

b)

The land was ideal for farming

c)

The Industrial Revolution happened in Great Britain

d)

Machines were used during the Industrial Revolution

17.

The Industrial Revolution started in _______________ around ________.

a)

England, 1750 CE

b)

China, 1000 BCE

c)

United States, 2018 CE

d)

Great Britain, 1500 CE

18.

Which statement is true?

a)

Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution

b)

Work conditions were closely controlled by the government.

c)

There were no labor laws that prevented children from working

d)

Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.

19.
His steamboat, the Clermont, allowed passengers to travel upstream ushering in a new age of river travel.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
F. Lowell
d)
Slater
20.

Which is not an economic system?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

21.

In which economic system is the GOVERNMENT in control of land, resources, and factories?

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

22.

In which economic system are INDIVIDUALS in charge of owning land, resources, and factories?

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

23.

In which economic system are the working class people as a WHOLE in charge of owning land, resources, and factories?

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

24.

Competition is encouraged in which system?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

25.
What is Capitalism?
a)
A system where the government controls business
b)
Capitalism is an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit! 
c)
A economic system in which the people have limited rights
d)
An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.
26.

Which were the classes created by early capitalism?

a)

aristocrats and peasants

b)

lords and ladies

c)

bourgeoisie and proletariat

d)

workers and owners of capital

27.
Who was the "father" of communism?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Harambe
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Adams Smith
28.

what is the book that karl marx and frederick engels wrote?

a)

wealth of nations

b)

the communist manifesto

c)

communist manifesto

d)

manifesto of communism

29.

what did Karl Marx call the owner of a business

a)

proletariat

b)

communists

c)

bourgeoisie

d)

socialists

30.

A person who manages and assumes the financial risk of a new business

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Socialist

c)

Proletariat

d)

Tenement

31.

The name given to a private toll road

a)

Parkway

b)

Turnpike

c)

Interstate

d)

Highway

32.

This man improved the steam engine design

a)

James Watt

b)

Robert Owen

c)

Jeremy Bentham

d)

Thomas Malthus

33.

Utopian Socialist who set up a model community in Scotland

a)

Karl Marx

b)

James Watt

c)

Robert Owen

d)

Jeremy Bentham

34.

James Watt

a)

Improved the steam engine

b)

advocated utilitarianism

c)

wrote the Communist Manifesto

d)

set up a Utopian society in Scotland

35.

Jeremy Bentham

a)

Improved the steam engine

b)

advocated utilitarianism

c)

wrote the Communist Manifesto

d)

set up a Utopian society in Scotland

36.

the economic system in which all factors of production were privately owned and there was no government interference

a)

Laissez-Faire Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Factors of Production

d)

Exploit

37.

the successive planting of different crops on the same land to improve soil fertility and help control insects and diseases

a)

Tenant Farmer

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Crop Rotation

d)

Socialism

38.

a collection of resources that contribute to producing goods or services, typically broken down into land, labor, capital and enterprise

a)

Socialism

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Laissez-Faire Capitalism

d)

Enclosure Movement

39.
What is NOT true about the Spinning Jenny 
a)
James Hargreaves invented it
b)
Richard Awkright invented it 
c)
spins several spools at once 
d)
replaced the spinning wheel 
40.

Early factories were primarily powered by

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

hamsters

d)

water