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Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
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1.

Identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain, according to the authors of A History of the Modern World.

a)

New technology to increase efficiency

b)

Use of the open field system

c)

Even distribution of farmland to small farmers

d)

Breeding smaller sheep

2.

Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage. 

a)

Decrease in the amount of food produced on farms in England

b)

Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

c)

Wealthy landowners lost the money they invested in farming innovations

d)

Small farmers gained power in Parliament

3.

Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map? 

a)

England’s natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities. 

b)

In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade. 

c)

Great Britain’s prosperity unified the people. 

d)

People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution.

4.

Identify one cause of the historical development depicted in the map. 

a)

Socialist organizations promised land and a good wage to those who moved to industrial cities.

b)

The British government paid people to move to cities. 

c)

Agricultural innovations made it easier for farmers to hire more people. 

d)

Coal powered steam engines powered factories that employed many people in England. 

5.

Identify one effect of the historical development depicted in the map. 

a)

The Glorious Revolution

b)

Overcrowded and polluted cities

c)

Higher employment for farmers

d)

England invaded France

6.

According to Martin Perry, what role did Adam Smith believe the government should play in the economy?

a)

The government should regulate businesses to make sure they use safe practices.

b)

The government should restrict which businesses are allowed to open.

c)

The government should make very few laws that affect businesses.

d)

The government should play a role in helping businesses make as much money as possible.

7.

Which of the following effects did Adam Smith’s ideas have in England in the 18th and 19th centuries?

a)

Workers unionized for better pay.

b)

Governments passed laws to prevent child labor.

c)

Theorists predicted that the population would outgrow the nation’s food supply.

d)

Industrial leaders gained in wealth and power.

8.

This illustration and excerpt depict events from which time and place in history? 

a)

Revolutionary France

b)

Victorian England

c)

Meiji Japan

d)

Soviet Russia

9.

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to the health concern highlighted in this illustration and excerpt? 

a)

urban population growth

b)

improved communication

c)

new power sources

d)

trade union movement

10.

Which action effectively addressed the specific public health concern raised in this illustration and excerpt? 

a)

installation of electric lighting in poor neighborhoods

b)

burning herbs to purify the air

c)

improvements in water treatment

d)

relocation of government offices

11.

What was one development that took place in response to the conditions described in this passage? 

a)

Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto 

b)

Garibaldi organized the Red Shirts 

c)

Charles Darwin developed The Origin of the Species

d)

Atatürk joined the Young Turks

12.

Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

a)

To determine why mine owners employed children.

b)

To study the long-term effects of working in mines on child laborers

c)

To find out how much money mine owners saved by hiring children rather than adults

d)

To understand the conditions child laborers experienced 

13.

What was one impact of industrialization on Japan during the Meiji Restoration? 

a)

Japan became more isolated from world affairs

b)

Demand for natural resources increased

c)

Japan became a colonial possession of China

d)

Traditional practices of Bushido were reintroduced. 

14.

What was the basic cause of the political changes shown on this map? 

a)

Russia and Japan formed an alliance

b)

Korea defeated Japan in the Sino-Japanese War

c)

The Japanese people wanted to spread the beliefs of Shinto

d)

Japan needed raw materials for industrialization

15.

Which event is associated with the changes shown on this map? 

a)

Opium War

b)

Meiji Restoration

c)

Chinese Nationalist Revolution

d)

rise of the Soviet Union