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Industrial Revolution Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where were cities likely to develop during the early 1800s?

a)

Next to prominent Native American groups

b)

Along waterways

c)

Within rural communities

d)

At the base of a mountain

2.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
3.

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

a)

Discrimination

b)

Colonization

c)

Inflation

d)

Urbanization

4.

The Enclosure Act forced many farmers from rural areas into _________.

a)

Smaller Farms

b)

Factories

c)

Large Farms

d)

Debt

5.

The 1st I.R. started in Britain because they had capital, a large empire, and resources such as factory workers and coal/iron.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Large landowning farmers were able to purchase common land because the British government passed the...

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

Enclosure Movement Laws

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

The Cottage Industry

7.

The new form of housing lots of people in one small space was called...

a)

an apartment building

b)

a track home

c)

a tenement

d)

a mobile home

8.

Which of the following was not a situation one faced if they lived in a tenement house?

a)

fire

b)

overcrowded

c)

fresh air

d)

no running water (19th century)

9.

Which situation in Great Britain was a major reason why the Industrial Revolution began there?

a)

an ample supply of human and natural resources

b)

increasing power of the laboring class

c)

high quality of public education

d)

eagerness of the nobility to become factory owners

10.

Which phrase best illustrates the theory of laissez-faire capitalism?

a)

businesses operating with little government regulation

b)

the state establishing production quotas

c)

central planning committees setting prices on goods

d)

decisions related to distribution being based on community traditions

11.

A key principle of the economic theory of communism is

a)

restoration of a bartering system

b)

organization of workers’ unions

c)

government ownership of property

d)

privatization of business

12.

Which heading best completes the partial outline above?

a)

Forms of Government

b)

Characteristics of Capitalism

c)

Structure of the Guild System

d)

Elements of Culture

13.

In the late 1800s, one response of workers in England to unsafe working conditions was to

a)

take control of the government

b)

return to farming

c)

set minimum wages

d)

form labor unions

14.
The first industry to industrialize was
a)
The automobile industry
b)
The furniture industry
c)
The textile industry
d)
The steel industry
15.
Why did cities grow during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Out of work farmers moved to the city
b)
Less people wanted to work in factories
c)
People wanted the safety the cities offered
d)
People were forced to move the cities by the government
16.
Which of the following supported the factors of production being controlled by the government?
a)

Communists

b)
Isolationists
c)
Capitalists
d)
Industrialists
17.
Which of the following supported the factors of production being owned by the individual?
a)
Socialists
b)
Communists
c)
Capitalists
d)
Industrialists
18.
Which of the following individuals believed the working class should rise up against the factory owners?
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
James Watt