WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
2.
Which 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.
England is an island. Why was this an advantage during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
It wasn't an advantage.
b)
It made it more difficult for other countries to steal England's ideas.
c)
England has many ports and rivers which allow easier worldwide trade.
d)
England had tropical weather, which allowed more crops to be grown.
4.
Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?
a)
flying shuttle
b)
spinning jenny
c)
cotton gin
d)
steam engine
5.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Kay
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
James Watt
6.
What did Samuel Slater build in America?
a)
A train
b)
A tractor
c)
A water frame
d)
A textile mill
7.
What was the Clermont?
a)
The first steamboat
b)
The guy who designed the first steamboat
c)
The first full sized commercial guy
d)
The first full sized commercial steamboat
8.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made them more expensive & harder to ship
b)
made them cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people a way of transportation
9.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
10.
What is a free enterprise system?
a)
Making goods cheaper to increase sales and profits
b)
Making goods more expensive to decrease sales and profits
c)
Making better goods by having the government oversee companies
d)
Having labor unions helping out workers
11.
Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?
a)
They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
b)
They bought them from factories.
c)
They bought them on the Internet.
d)
They bought them from stores.
12.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
George Washington
d)
Eli Whitney
13.
How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?
a)
Cotton was made faster.
b)
Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.
c)
It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.
d)
all of the above
14.
During the Industrial Revolution, transportation was improved by having more:
a)
airplanes
b)
canals & paved roads
c)
taxi service
d)
time because there was no Netflix
15.
What is the area of the United States where the Industrial Revolution began
a)
South
b)
Midwest
c)
New England
d)
South
16.
The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and actually increased the demand for this
a)
Water Power
b)
Coal
c)
FIre
d)
Slaves
17.
fabric that is woven
a)
technology
b)
textile
c)
economy
d)
industrialization
18.
the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods
a)
textile
b)
economy
c)
industrialization
d)
technology
19.
the use of human knowledge to create tools and machines that allow us to navigate and control the environment; does NOT have to be electronic
a)
industrialization
b)
technology
c)
economy
d)
textile
20.
Why did people travel through the Cumberland Gap to settle the West?
a)
It did not go through Indian land
b)
It was the easiest route through the Appalachian Mountains
c)
It was the official route established by King George III
d)
It was a safer and faster route through the Appalachian Mountains
21.
The Cumberland Mountains is part of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
A turnpike is a ________________________.
a)
road on which tolls are collected
b)
water power source
c)
tool used for agriculture
d)
steamboat
23.
Turnpikes were toll roads made from _________________.
a)
asphalt
b)
wood chips
c)
crushed stone
d)
dirt
24.
Which one is NOT a reason how steamboats changed river travel?
a)
transportation easier and more comfortable
b)
shipping goods were cheaper and faster
c)
river cities grew
d)
shipping goods were more expensive
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