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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Scotland

d)

Belgium

2.

How many periods can we distinguish in the Industrial Revolution?

(a)  

3.

What were the main causes of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Demography, agriculture and religion

b)

Demography, economy and change in government

c)

Demography, economy and agriculture

4.

Mark the reasons of the high population growth in Britain during the 18th century

a)

Nutrition, personal and public hygiene and public health

b)

Nutrition, urbanisation and public health

c)

Nutrition, urbanisation and economy

5.

In the 18th century the wood plough was substituted by the...

(a)  

6.

The three-field system of crop rotation was replaced by...

(a)  

7.

What's the name of the manufacturing system where each worker is specialised in a single task?

a)

Assembly line

b)

Overproduction

c)

Division of labour

d)

Liberalism

8.

Which were the most important industries during the first Industrial Revolution?

(a)  

9.

Who developed the ideas of Liberalism?

a)

Adam Watt

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Locke

d)

James Watt

10.

Mark the principles of Liberlism

a)

Economic freedom and the law of supply and demand

b)

The law of supply and demand and anarchism

c)

Economic freedom and steam-powered machines

11.

Transport Revolution: the transports that improved the most were...

a)

Roads and Canals

b)

Boats and Aircrafts

c)

Navigation and Railway

d)

Railway and Automobiles

12.

Taylorism is a production process which...

a)

divides work into small timed tasks

b)

specilises each worker in one task

c)

divides work into larger specilised tasks

d)

prepares workers for mass production

13.

What were the three corporate groups that emerged from agreements between companies?

(a)  

14.

Which two groups made up the upper class?

a)

Workers and Bourgeoisie

b)

Bourgeoisie and aristocracy

c)

High bourgeoisie and aristocracy

d)

Aristocracy

15.

Which were the three groups of the lower class?

(a)  

16.

What is Luddism?

a)

Movement which opposes technical or technological change

b)

Movement which demanded labour rights

c)

Associations of workers to defend their rights

d)

Ideology founded by Marx

17.

The Industrial Revolution was a period of ..... and ..... changes

(a)