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MWH Industrial Revolution Review

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ultimately child labor ended when children were sent to:

a)

War

b)

Farms

c)

Fight in the French Revolution

d)

School

2.

How were machines in early factories specifically designed to be operated by children?

a)

They were made for people who were only three feet tall

b)

They were made for people who were women

c)

They had signs that said “NO OLD PEOPLE” on them

d)

They were made for people with small hands

3.

The Industrial Revolution began in this country:

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

4.

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

a)

The Canal System made it easier to transport goods

b)

Britain had many raw materials such as coal & iron

c)

Britain already had many trade partners all over the world that they could sell things to

d)

Great Britain had been triumphant in the First World War

5.

Early machines in mills were powered by this:

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

Earth

d)

Fire

6.

James Watt improved this invention which allowed factories to be located anywhere in the country:

a)

The Spinning Jenny

b)

The Steam Engine

c)

The Cotton Gin

d)

The Water Frame

7.

All of the following were ways that railroads improved society in the Industrial Era EXCEPT:

a)

They replaced boats as the primary way people traveled across the ocean

b)

They allowed people to travel to other places for tourism and romantic purposes

c)

They made it easier to get necessary supplies to far away locations.

d)

They caused time to be standardized so people all over the country had to agree on the exact time to keep railroad schedules consistent.

8.

What is the term that refers to people moving to cities in large numbers & the growth of cities?

a)

Proletarianization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Antidisestablishmentarianism

d)

Communism

9.

Industrialism spread to all of the following countries by the mid 1800s EXCEPT:

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Belgium

10.

All of the following were NEGATIVE aspects of industrialization EXCEPT:

a)

A Shorter lifespan for many workers

b)

Limited, poor, and unsafe housing

c)

Disease due to poor public sanitation

d)

An increase in the production of goods

11.

What was used as fuel to create the heat the steam engines required?

a)

Cotton

b)

Coal

c)

Wool

d)

Solar Power

12.

Why did France take so long to industrialize?

a)

They didn’t begin industrializing until Louis XIV was executed

b)

There was no coal in France until Napoleon ordered that it be created

c)

They didn’t begin industrializing until Napoleon was defeated

d)

The French didn’t have any water so they couldn’t make factories

13.

What law limited child labor for all children under nine years of age:

a)

Factory Act of 1833

b)

Edict of Nantes

c)

Hawley-Smooth Tarriff

d)

The Peace of Augsburg

14.

This law limited the hours of women & children in factory to ten hours:

a)

The Factory Act of 1833

b)

The Ten Hours Act

c)

The Boston Tea Party (Intolerable Acts)

d)

The Mason-Dixon Line

15.

Which art style emphasized emotion over reason and was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Cubism

b)

Romanticism

c)

Abstract Expressionism

d)

Impressionism

16.

During the Industrial Revolution, British cities began to:

a)

slowly grow in population

b)

gradually shrink in population.

c)

create social divisions between different ethnic groups

d)

grow in population rapidly

17.

This disease killed thousands of poor people in cities due to contaminated water:

a)

Smallpox

b)

Cholera

c)

Halitosis

d)

Rabies

18.

Which of these statements about child labor is TRUE?

a)

Most children were paid less than men but more than women.

b)

Children were not given difficult or dangerous jobs in the factories

c)

Children were beaten if they didn’t work fast enough

d)

Most children worked short workdays (less than five hours)

19.

Which ideology is Karl Marx most closely associated with?

a)

capitalism

b)

utilitarianism

c)

communism

d)

anarchy

20.

REVIEW QUESTION: Who was the Queen of France at the beginning of the French Revolution?

a)

Kim Kardashian-West

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Catherine the Great

e)

Ruth Bader-Ginsberg

21.

REVIEW QUESTION: Who was the head of the Committee of Public Safety that became the leader of France during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Marat

b)

Danton

c)

Robespierre

d)

Louis XVI (16th)

e)

Napoleon

22.

REVIEW QUESTION: The “George Washington” of the Haitian Revolution was:

a)

Boukman Dutty

b)

Napoleon

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

23.

REVIEW QUESTION: Which Enlightenment thinker believed that all humans had a right to life, liberty and property?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

24.

REVIEW QUESTION: An influential French writer who wrote that “Power should be a check to power” and believed in separate branches of government was:

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

Voltaire

d)

Billy Pilgrim

25.

Which of the following statements about women in factories is TRUE?

a)

Many women stopped working to start families once they were in their 20s

b)

Women were not in charge of the household chores after work.

c)

Most Women served as Factory Owners or Supervisors.

d)

Women earned 3x the pay of most men

26.

An entrepreneur is a type of

a)

Assassin

b)

French Perfume

c)

Businessman

d)

Robot that Works in an Assembly Line

27.

Workers are often referred to as:

a)

Labor

b)

Land

c)

Capital

d)

Residents of the Hundred Acre Wood

28.

What is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking better working conditions?

a)

Strikeboyz

b)

Unions

c)

Toastmasters

d)

Teletubbies

29.

REVIEW QUESTION: Which 1789 French document stated that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”?

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

English Bill of Rights (1689)

d)

Magna Carta

30.

REVIEW QUESTION: What was the intellectual movement that contributed to the idea of governments protecting the rights of the citizens and being popularly elected as well as a separation of power?

a)

The Industrial Revolution

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Reformation

d)

The Enlightenment

31.

REVIEW QUESTION: Napoleon's Civil Code treated women

a)

as co-owners of property with their husbands

b)

as legal equals to men

c)

as less equal than men

d)

equally in divorce proceedings

32.

REVIEW QUESTION: This philosopher wrote a book called Leviathan wherein he described human beings as naturally evil & selfish and said they needed a strong absolute monarch to rule over them.

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Louis XIV (14th)

33.

REVIEW QUESTION: Which French leader attempted to reimpose slavery in Haiti?

a)

Louis XIV (14th)

b)

Louis XVI (16th)

c)

George Washington

d)

Napoleon

e)

Robespierre

34.

REVIEW QUESTION: The wealth of Haiti came primarily from its production of this:

a)

Potatoes

b)

Turnips

c)

Sugar

d)

Wheat

35.

Choose the letter of the event that came FIRST out of these five events:

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The French Revolution

d)

The American Revolution

36.

REVIEW QUESTION: What is the name for Copernicus's idea that the sun is the center of the universe?

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Egocentric

d)

Autocentric

37.

REVIEW QUESTION: The President of the United States of America is part of this branch of the Federal Government, as guaranteed by the United States Constitution:

a)

Judicial Branch

b)

Federal Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

d)

Tree Branch

38.

Just before the Industrial Revolution, what Revolution happened in farming?

a)

agricultural revolution

b)

domestic revolution

c)

factory revolution

d)

urban revolution

39.

Which of the following happened during the agricultural revolution?

a)

Many small farmers became tenant farmers or moved to cities.

b)

Wealthy landowners gained ownership of large enclosed farms.

c)

Landowners experimented with new agricultural methods and inventions.

d)

All of These

40.

Which statement about how the Agricultural Revolution and Industrial Revolution are linked is FALSE?

a)

Increased food production directly caused population growth

b)

More farmers were needed to feed the bigger population

c)

The farmers that were no longer needed moved to cities to find work

d)

More factory workers were needed to produce goods for the growing population

41.

What type of work did children NOT perform in Victorian Britain?

a)

sanitation

b)

agricultural

c)

factory work

d)

construction

42.

Which statement about the middle class in England during the Industrial Revolution is true?

a)

Most factory owners came from the middle class

b)

Most women workers came from the middle class

c)

The number of people in the middle class shrunk

d)

All of these

43.

The first factories in the Industrial Revolution were in this industry:

a)

Banking

b)

Coal mining

c)

Textile

d)

Railroads

44.

Which of the following is NOT one of Karl Marx's predictions?

a)

The workers would peacefully take over the means of production

b)

The struggle between the middle and working classes would lead to a revolution

c)

A true socialist society would no longer have different economic classes

d)

A dictatorship would temporarily be in charge until no government was needed

45.

The ideology (ideas) of Karl Marx is an extreme version of this way of thought:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Nazism

d)

The Bessemer Process

46.

The economic system that Adam Smith argued for was known as ____________.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Anarchy

47.

He improved the Steam Engine

a)

James Watt

b)

John Kay

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Crompton

48.

He invented the Spinning Mule

a)

James Watt

b)

John Kay

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Crompton

49.

He invented the Flying Shuttle

a)

James Watt

b)

John Kay

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Crompton

50.

He invented the Cotton Gin

a)

James Watt

b)

John Kay

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Crompton

51.

He invented the Water Frame

a)

James Watt

b)

John Kay

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Richard Arkwright

52.

He invented the Spinning Jenny

a)

Jojo Siwa

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Samuel Crompton

53.

To increase production output during the Industrial Revolution, businesses primarily invested in _____________

a)

Worker's Wages

b)

The Machinery Workers Used

c)

Training Workers

d)

Marketing (Advertisements)

54.

In cities throughout the 19th century, the poor usually lived in ______________

a)

Tenements

b)

Ritzy uptown apartments

c)

Government Housing

d)

Tents

55.

Parliament began to investigate conditions of child labor by authorizing the ________________ Commission.

a)

Sadler

b)

Sully

c)

Smiles

d)

Scully

56.

A main reason for the shift of population to cities during the industrial revolution was the availability of this type of work:

a)

Agricultural (farming)

b)

Schoolteachers

c)

Doctors (Health Care)

d)

Factory Jobs

57.

Growing cities in the Industrial Revolution were often located next to what resource(s)?

a)

Farmland

b)

Oil Wells

c)

Child Labor Farms

d)

Coal & Iron Mines

58.

Prior to the Invention of the Railroad, how did early industrialists move products from the country to the city?

a)

Airplanes

b)

Trains

c)

Canals

d)

Teleportation

59.

Which country is the "A" referring to?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Austria

60.

Which country is the "B" referring to?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Austria

61.

Which country is the "C" referring to?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Austria

62.

Which country is the "D" referring to?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

63.

Which country is the "E" referring to?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Italy