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Power, Progress, Labor

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

The United States

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Germany

2.

What 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

wood and peat

b)

oil and natural gas

c)

coal and iron

d)

cotton and tobacco

3.

Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?

a)

flying shuttle

b)

spinning jenny

c)

cotton gin

d)

steam engine

4.

Who designed the first efficient steam engine?

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

John Key

c)

Richard Arkwright

d)

James Watt

5.

A worker's group formed to limit the power of the business or company owner

a)

Urbanization

b)

Push Factor

c)

Labor Union

6.

What is the definition of capitalism?

a)

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by public owners for profit

b)

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

7.

What is the system policy where a government keeps their hands off the economy?

a)

collective bargaining

b)

laissez-faire

c)

socialism

d)

communism

8.

What power source did the first factories run on?

a)

steam or wind

b)

water or iron

c)

electricity

d)

water or steam

9.

What class of people increased their structure and wealth during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

workers

b)

proletariats

c)

middle

10.

Which of the following believed in a free-market system?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

William Wiberforce

11.

Who wrote The Communist Manifesto?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

William Wilberforce

12.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

13.

The Industrial Revolution was responsible for rapid population growth in cities.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What mode of transportation was invented during the Industrial Revolution used the steam engine?

a)

train

b)

airplane

c)

hang glider

d)

car

15.

This economic system believes in free market principles.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Christianity

d)

Labor Union

16.

During the Industrial Revolution, children often worked long shifts in dangerous conditions.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Before the Industrial Revolution, most people were ___.

a)

factory workers

b)

atheists

c)

farmers

d)

priests

18.

What invention was developed by Samuel Morse?

a)

telegraph

b)

spinning mule

c)

steam engine

d)

light bulb

19.

What decreased the urban areas during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

jobs for workers

b)

England's wealth

c)

living conditions in cities

d)

the production of goods

20.

What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?

a)

ruralization

b)

colonization

c)

inflation

d)

urbanization