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Second Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________________ is having or made up of many industries.

a)

Mechanization

b)

Agrarian

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Muscle

e)

Industrial

2.

_________________ is to grow or raise on a farm (agriculture)

a)

Monopoly

b)

Agrarian

c)

Industrial

d)

Mechanization

e)

Wages

3.

_________________ is to make or produce.

a)

Muscle

b)

Agrarian

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Monopoly

e)

Wages

4.

_________________ is when a business has complete control over an industry.

a)

Muscle

b)

Agrarian

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Monopoly

e)

Wages

5.

_________________ is the term used for using machines to do the work.

a)

Revolution

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Muscle

d)

Monopoly

e)

Mechanization

6.

_________________ is what a worker made for doing a job.

a)

Wages

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Muscle

d)

Monopoly

e)

Mechanization

7.

_________________ was what men used before they had machines on the farm.

a)

Wages

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Muscle

d)

Monopoly

e)

Mechanization

8.

_________________ is a dramatic or sudden change in the way things are done.

a)

Revolution

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Muscle

d)

Monopoly

e)

Industrial

9.

Which of the following is NOT a way that the telephone and telegraph promoted growth during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The telephone and telegraph made it easier for buyers to place orders on the goods they wanted to purchase.

b)

The telephone and the telegraph were used to place orders at restaurants.

c)

The telephone and telegraph were used for businesses to make sure that goods arrived in the right place at the right time.

10.

Which of the following is NOT a definition for technology?

a)

Technology is the new ideas about how to do something.

b)

Technology is the new equipment used in doing something.

c)

Technology is a method of disassembling manufactured goods.

11.

Which person below was NOT a monopoly baron during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Andrew Carnegie

12.

The _______________________ was used to transport people to factories where they worked.

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Electric Streetcar

c)

Airplanes

13.

The _______________________ was used as a means of transporting raw materials to factories and then the manufactured goods to buyers.

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Electric Streetcar

c)

Airplanes

14.

Name the four factors of production (elements or things needed to produce a good or service for sale).

a)

Land, labor, capital, and technology

b)

Land, capital, and technology

c)

Land, labor, capital, and cars

15.

Land as a factor of production refers to the raw materials or natural resources that a factory uses to produce goods.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A monopoly is a business that has few competitors.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Oil was used as a new invention to light factories.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Capital refers to a business' money and the things they own.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Industrial Revolution happened at the same time as Reconstruction in the South and Westward Expansion in the West.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Some farmers were unable to pay their bills, because mechanization caused there to be an increase in crops, which led to a decrease (lowering) in the value of their crops.

a)

True

b)

False