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Worksheets20200211 Industrial Revolution revision
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
1. The Industrial Revolution first began in which industry of Britain?
Textile
Agriculture
Iron
Shipping
Which of the following events marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?
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Enclosure Movement
Invention of the spinning jenny
Invention of the flying shuttle
Improvement of the steam engine
Which of the following countries build the first railway?
United States
France
Germany
Britain
Which of the following cities became the first city of the world to use fuel gas for lighting?
New York
London
Venice
Paris
Which of the following descriptions about the medical inventions during the Industrial Revolution are correct?
(1) Edward Jenner invented a vaccine against small pox.
(2) Radium can be used to treat cancer.
(3) Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays to examine parts inside the body.
(4) Thomas Edison invented the chloroform.
(1), (2), (3)
(1), (2), (4)
(2), (3), (4)
(1), (2), (3), (4)
Where was the Great Exhibition in the summer of 1851 held?
Liverpool
Manchester
Birmingham
London
Which of the following items was not an impact of the Industrial Revolution?
Urbanisation in Europe
Revival of domestic system
Rise of factory system
Rise of new social classes
Which of the following items was not the demand of the workers?
Legalisation of child labour
Fewer working hours
Higher wages
Right to vote
Which of the following items was not the features of the working class during the Industrial Revolution?
Living in slums
Working for the industrial-capitalist class
Owning manors
Having long working hours
What impacts did the use of machines in industrial production bring?
(1) Rise of factory system
(2) Rise of domestic system
(3) Mass production
(4) Division of labour
(1), (2), (3)
(1), (3), (4)
(2), (3), (4)
(1), (2), (3), (4)
Which of the following items was not the features of the factory system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adoption of big machines
Decreased productivity
Development of division of labour
Workers working in factories
Which of the following reasons explain why many people moved from countryside to industrial towns?
(1) People could find jobs more easily in industrial towns.
(2) Many farmers lost their jobs as machines were used in agriculture.
(3) Living cost was lower in industrial towns.
(4) Life was easier in industrial towns.
(1), (2)
(1), (4)
(2), (3)
(2), (4)
Which of the following items explains socialism?
The working class should own and control all the means of production.
The industrial-capitalist class should become slaves.
Personal property is protected.
People are equal before the law.
Whom did Karl Marx spread communism with?
Edward Jenner
Pierre Curie
Robert Fulton
Fredrich Engels
Which of the following descriptions does not tell the life in Europe before the Industrial Revolution?
Most people were farmers.
The main sources of power came from people.
Most people lived in towns.
Carriage was the major transport.
Which of the following items was not one of the main sources of power in Europe before the Industrial Revolution?
People
Wind
Water
Electricity
Which of the following items were the causes of the Industrial Revolution?
(1) Increase of population in towns
(2) Specialisation of tools in workshops
(3) Technological advances during the 17th and 18th centuries
(4) Accumulation of capital
(1), (2), (3)
(1), (2), (4)
(2), (3), (4)
(1), (2), (3), (4)
The Enclosure Movement in Britain aimed at increasing raw materials for which industry?
Textile
Iron
Coal mining
Transportation
