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WorksheetsINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
Great Britain is composed of:
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, Scotland
Scotland, Wales and England
England, Scotland, Ireland
What are the countries included in United kingdom?
Scotland, England, Wales
Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland
Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland
Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland
The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.
(a)
There are five phases of Industrial Revolution
True
False
Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain particularly in ________________
Scotland
England
Wales
Who is the Father of Scientific Agriculture?
James Hargreaves
Jethro Tull
George Stephenson
Richard Arkwright
What do you call this invention?
Spinning Jenny
Power loom
Spinning Mule
Stocking Frame
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Alba Edison
James Watt
Robert Fulton
Samuel F.B Morse
The ___________revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. It uses codes.
Telephone
Telegraph
Telegram
Typewriter
The telegraph used satellites to transfer data.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT included as one of the major reasons why Industrial Revolution started in England?
Enclosure movement
Organized form of government
Shipbuilding industry
Geography
Which of the following is NOT included in the common scenarios during the first and second phase of Industrial Revolution?
Child labor
Poor hygiene
Frequent accidents
Insufficient number population
Which of the following is NOT included as an explanation on how Enclosure Movement led England into an Industrialized society?
There was a surplus of people to work in farms; therefore, some people were encouraged to go to cities and work in factories.
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.
Because of the privatization of land, many landowners decided to maximize the use of their land by supporting and financing inventions.
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.
D-B-C-A
C-A-B-D
B-A-D-C
D-C-B-A
Cotton Gin was invented by _________________
George Stephenson
James Hargreaves
Eli Whitney
Alexander Graham Bell
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.
Telegraph was developed by Samuel Morse to make an easy communication with his wife who lives in a different US State.
True
False
The Transatlantic cable was made to transfer telephone calls in 1800s.
True
False
It was Thomas Edison who first coined the word "hello" as a telephone greeting.
True
False
The Spinning Jenny got its name from an American movie in 1700s.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT an example of textile weaving machine?
Flying Shuttle
Thread Mill
Water Frame
Power Loom
Spinning Jenny
The Age of Computers is included in the _____ Phase of Industrial Revolution
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
FOURTH
Cyrus McCormick invented the Threshing Machine.
True
False
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.
True
False
Mercedes-Benz Company got its name from Karl Benz and his daughter.
True
False
