WorksheetsIndustrial revolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the word revolution mean?
A big change
A small change
No change
Hardly any change
Before the industrial revolution where did people work?
In factories
At home
In offices
On their own.
Why did children have to work in the mines?
To help get their family money
To help get more coal for the owners
They worked in the mines because they enjoyed it
They worked in the mines because their friends worked there.
What was the average life expectancy for a coal miner?
24
23
25
26
What were the children called who opened and closed air doors?
Bouncer
Trapper
Drawer
Miner
What were the children called who pulled the tubs of coals?
Miners
Trappers
Drawers
Pullers
What is fire damp?
Flammable gas found in coal mines
Damp coal that is flammable
Pockets of damp in the mines
Flammable material
True or false women and men often wore no clothes in the mine?
True
False
What was not a common problem in industrial towns?
Regular rubbish collection
No rubbish collection
Poor sewerage
Disease
True or false, in industrial towns families often had to share toilets with other families?
True
Fales
