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The Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Industrial Revolution began here.

a)

The United States

b)

Canada

c)

England

d)

France

2.

The first factories were textile mills which produced this.

a)

Cotton cloth

b)

wool cloth

c)

furniture

d)

jewelry

3.

Define the Industrial Revolution.

a)

When production moved from factories to homes.

b)

When production moved from homes to factories

c)

When production decreased

d)

When production stopped

4.

According to the video, today, we have the following because of the Industrial Revolution.

a)

blueberries in the winter

b)

free public education

c)

solar power

d)

all of the above

5.

According to the video, in the United States today, what percentage of the population are farmers?

a)

80%

b)

50%

c)

10%

d)

1%

6.

One of the early inventions of the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine. It was first used to do what?

a)

move trains

b)

move cars

c)

pump water from mines

d)

plow fields

7.

The invention of the steam engine improve which of the following?

a)

transportation

b)

factory production

c)

both transportation and factory production

d)

neither transportation nor factory production

8.

What substance fueled the Industrial Revolution and was abundant and close to the surface in England?

a)

diamonds

b)

coal

c)

cotton

d)

oil

9.

Machines lowered the cost of producing goods.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Children were used in factories because they were ____.

a)

small

b)

cheap labor

c)

less likely to be injured

d)

in need of day care

11.

The majority of children working in factories were _____.

a)

illiterate

b)

well educated

c)

paid well

d)

given tutors

12.

Early factories produced _____

a)

everyday items people wanted

b)

rare items

c)

Items at a high cost

d)

goods that could not be made at home

13.

Which of the following jobs was not done by children during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

coal miners

b)

teachers

c)

factory workers

d)

paperboys

14.

Children were not injured working in coal mines and factories.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Why did families allow their children to work during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Families didn't have daycare.

b)

Families needed the money

c)

Factories had schools

d)

Children wanted to work 10 - 14 hrs a day