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Industrialization and Urbanization

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of the population lived in cities 100 years ago?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

40%

d)

80%

2.

What led to the development of semi-permanent settlements?

a)

Changes in the global climate

b)

An increase in freshwater supplies

c)

Improvements in healthcare

d)

Advances in agriculture

3.

Which of the below technologies is a development that resulted from the desire to trade with neighboring communities?

a)

The plow

b)

Walled cities

c)

Roads

d)

Water distribution

4.

Why were people initially drawn to cities?

a)

The availibility of jobs

b)

The promise of leisure time

c)

Safer living conditions

d)

More farmland

5.

The global population is expected to reach at about how many people?

a)

6 billion

b)

7 billion

c)

9 billion

d)

10 billion

6.

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

France

b)

United States

c)

Great Britain

d)

China

7.

The shift from an area being rural to becoming more city like is beswt described as

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

8.

People moving from working on farms and depending on agriculture to relying on machines and other technology is best described as:

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization