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Urbanization

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The area inside the city is called ______.
a)
urban
b)
suburban
c)
rural
2.

Is this rural or urban?: Dominated by natural or managed features such as grasslands, forests, crop fields

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

3.

Is this rural or urban?: dominated by human structures such as office buildings, skyscrapers, bridges, & roads

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

4.

Is this rural or urban?: Low population density

a)

Rural

b)

Urban

5.

The average number of people per square mile is called _________.

a)

birth rate

b)

land area

c)

population density

d)

population

6.

Things that attract people to a new place are called

a)

Push factors

b)

Pull factors

7.

An example of a pull factor is...

a)

A natural disaster

b)

Lack of access to education

c)

Lack of resources

d)

A new job opportunity

8.

Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

9.

The movement of people from rural areas into cities is called..

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Globalization

d)

City moving

10.

This population pyramid shows...

a)

Rapid growth

b)

Slow growth

c)

Negative growth

11.

What two (2) things were African-Americans looking for when they did move?

a)

Segregation and a Better Life

b)

Lost Family and A Better Life

c)

Discrimination and More Opportunities

d)

More Opportunities and a Better Life

12.

What laws in the south tried to maintain something like slavery after the Civil War?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Black Codes

c)

Great Migration

d)

Civil Rights

13.

when millions of African Americans moved north to get away from the Jim Crow Laws.

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Black Codes

c)

Great Migration

d)

Civil Rights

14.

What was the landmark case that said segregation was based on race was legal? (1896)

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

Plessy v Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

The Civil Rights Act

15.

The following events are in the correct chronological order:

a)

US Revolutionary War, US Civil War, Reconstruction, the Great Migration of African Americans to Northern cities

b)

US Civil War, US Revolutionary War, Black Codes, Segregation

c)

Black Codes, Slavery, US Civil War, Urbanization

d)

Urbanization, US Civil War, Slavery, Colonization

16.

 “Long ago it was said that "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives." That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat.

- Jacob Riis, How The Other Half Lives

 Which group of people is the above quote and image MOST LIKELY referring to?

a)

African American sharecroppers

b)

Immigrants living in urban tenements

c)

Chinese and Irish railroad workers living in tent villages

d)

Populist protestors camped outside the White House

17.

What impact did the increased use of electricity have on factory workers in America?

a)

Increased productivity and longer working hours

b)

Decreased productivity and safer working conditions

c)

Increased productivity and shorter working hours

d)

A decrease in the need of immigrant labor

18.

Which conditions are most characteristic of urban slums in the 1890s?

a)

crowded tenements, sweatshops, lack of sanitation

b)

brownstone townhouses, horse stables, public drinking fountains

c)

large department stores, paved sidewalks, train stations

d)

high rise apartment buildings, trolley service, public parks

19.

Where did most immigrants to the USA come from (1880-19200)?

a)

Southern & Eastern Europe

b)

Northern & Western Europe

c)

Latin America

d)

Asia

20.

The entry point for immigrants into the USA in New York City.

a)

Immigrant Island

b)

Jekyll Island

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Angel Island

21.

Where did most immigrants live when they came to America?

a)

Trenton

b)

Tenements

c)

Subburbs

d)

Rural towns

22.

The belief that some races are innately superior to others.

a)

discrimination

b)

Racism

c)

assimilation

d)

progressive

23.

What is the rapid growth of cities called?

a)
Moving
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
24.

What is one of the primary factors that draws people from rural areas to urban areas?

a)

less pollution

b)

more jobs

c)

more open space

d)

heat islands

25.

communities that surround urban areas

a)

urban

b)

suburban

c)

rural

26.

Which image is of a rural area?

a)
b)
c)
27.

A period of time when products go from home-made to machine made in factories.

a)

agricutlure

b)

industrialization

c)

mathamatics

d)

environmentalism

28.
Which was NOT a reason for immigration to the U.S. in the 1880s (i.e. Gilded Age)?
a)
Lots of jobs
b)
Escaping persecution
c)
Good working conditions
d)
Escaping poverty
29.

What was Ellis Island?

a)

An amusement park

b)

A vacation spot

c)

An immigration center in New York

d)

The first capital of the United States

30.
Which is a reason people came to America?
a)
Baseball
b)
Colleges
c)
Job opportunities
d)
Vacation
31.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
32.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
33.

multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimal living standards

a)

tenure

b)

tenement

c)

skyscraper

d)

graft

34.

How was the mass production and use of the assembly line for products a good thing?

a)

Made it easier to own companies & build corporations

b)

It organized labor in the factories

c)

Made products cheaper & more available

d)

Made communication easier

35.

Inventions helped fuel industrialization because...

a)

More jobs were available for inventors and also for processing patents

b)

Innovations led to better technology in order to produce goods faster and cheaper

c)

Factories were able reduce the emissions from pollution

d)

Inventors served as advisors to the industrial capitalists

36.
What did the average car cost?
a)
$2000
b)
$200
c)
$20
d)
$0.02
37.
How much did the Model T cost?
a)
$800
b)
$8000
c)
$80
d)
$0.08
38.
What became a model for the manufacturing of American cars and consumer products?
a)
The assembly line
b)
Slavery
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Tenant Farming
39.
When did Henry Ford introduce the Assembly Line?
a)
1913
b)
1999
c)
2001
d)
1945
40.
Where was the Assembly Line established?
a)
Highland Park, Michigan
b)
New York City, New York
c)
Atlanta, Georgia
d)
Denver, Colordo
41.
How long did it take to make a Model T car without the Assembly Line?
a)
12 Hours
b)
12 Minutes
c)
12 Seconds
d)
12 Days
42.
How long did it take to make a Model T car with the Assembly Line?
a)
1 Hour
b)
1 Minute
c)
1 Second
d)
1 Day
43.
At what age did Henry Ford Leave home?
a)
16 Years
b)
16 Weeks
c)
16 Days
d)
16 Minutes
44.

Before the Civil War the U.S Economy was...

a)

Industrial

b)

agricultural

c)

Non-existent

d)

Urban

45.

The Industrial Revolution caused people to move from ________to __________.

a)

Rural to urban

b)

Urban to rural

c)

U.S to Europe

d)

Mexico to Canada

46.

Because of the Industrialization the number of people living in urban areas

a)

decreased

b)

stayed the same

c)

increased

d)

went down

47.

Many immigrants came to the U.S

a)

To work on farms

b)

for a better life and job opportunities

c)

To escape reality

d)

to travel on boats

48.

Most immigrants worked on

a)

farms

b)

sweatshops

c)

airports

d)

great conditions and wages

49.

Most Immigrants lived in

a)

Basements

b)

rural areas

c)

Mansions

d)

tenements

50.

Who is often credited with inventing the assembly line, although he wasn't really the first to use the method of production - he just used it DIFFERENTLY for vehicles?

a)

Alexander Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John Rockefeller

51.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Thomas Hefferson

d)

Henry Ford

52.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Henry ford

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Alexander Bell

53.

Who was the captain of the oil industry?

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Ford

c)

Vanderbilt

d)

Carnegie

54.

Who was the captain of the automobile industry?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Ford

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Vanderbilt

55.

Who was the captain of the steel industry?

a)

Vanderbilt

b)

Rockefeller

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Carnegie