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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Great Britain is composed of:

a)

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland

b)

Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, Scotland

c)

Scotland, Wales and England

d)

England, Scotland, Ireland

2.

What are the countries included in United kingdom?

a)

Scotland, England, Wales

b)

Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland

c)

Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland

d)

Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland

3.

The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.

(a)  

4.

There are five phases of Industrial Revolution

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain particularly in ________________

a)

Scotland

b)

England

c)

Wales

6.

Who is the Father of Scientific Agriculture?

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

Jethro Tull

c)

George Stephenson

d)

Richard Arkwright

7.

What do you call this invention?

a)

Spinning Jenny

b)

Power loom

c)

Spinning Mule

d)

Stocking Frame

8.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Thomas Alba Edison

b)

James Watt

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Samuel F.B Morse

9.

The ___________revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. It uses codes.

a)

Telephone

b)

Telegraph

c)

Telegram

d)

Typewriter

10.

The telegraph used satellites to transfer data.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following is NOT included as one of the major reasons why Industrial Revolution started in England?

a)

Enclosure movement

b)

Organized form of government

c)

Shipbuilding industry

d)

Geography

12.

Which of the following is NOT included in the common scenarios during the first and second phase of Industrial Revolution?

a)

Child labor

b)

Poor hygiene

c)

Frequent accidents

d)

Insufficient number population

13.

Which of the following is NOT included as an explanation on how Enclosure Movement led England into an Industrialized society?

a)

There was a surplus of people to work in farms; therefore, some people were encouraged to go to cities and work in factories.

b)

Because of the enclosure movement, the wealthy landowners were able to produce many crops which allowed them to enter worldwide trade and bought machines from wealthy businessmen.

c)

Because of the privatization of land, many landowners decided to maximize the use of their land by supporting and financing inventions.

14.

Explain how shipbuilding industry influenced the rise of industrialization in England by arranging the following ideas in chronological order:


A. Because of trading, England was able to have abundant raw materials/ resources.

B. The huge shipbuilding industry of England helped the nation to enter worldwide trade.

C. Many businessmen and bankers financed the inventions.

D. Motivated inventors wanted to create massive amount of inventions from raw materials.

a)

D-B-C-A

b)

C-A-B-D

c)

B-A-D-C

d)

D-C-B-A

15.

Cotton Gin was invented by _________________

a)

George Stephenson

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

16.

A (a)   is a type of railway that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fuelled by burning combustible material—usually coal, wood, or oil—to produce steam in a boiler.

17.

Telegraph was developed by Samuel Morse to make an easy communication with his wife who lives in a different US State.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The Transatlantic cable was made to transfer telephone calls in 1800s.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

It was Thomas Edison who first coined the word "hello" as a telephone greeting.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Spinning Jenny got its name from an American movie in 1700s.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which of the following is NOT an example of textile weaving machine?

a)

Flying Shuttle

b)

Thread Mill

c)

Water Frame

d)

Power Loom

e)

Spinning Jenny

22.

The Age of Computers is included in the _____ Phase of Industrial Revolution

a)

FIRST

b)

SECOND

c)

THIRD

d)

FOURTH

23.

Cyrus McCormick invented the Threshing Machine.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Those persons, who were forced to leave their lands on the countryside and didn’t want to work as farmers in other’s land, came to cities and thus labour was available in England for the new factories which came into existence as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Mercedes-Benz Company got its name from Karl Benz and his daughter.

a)

True

b)

False