WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Where were cities likely to develop during the early 1800s?
Next to prominent Native American groups
Along waterways
Within rural communities
At the base of a mountain
What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?
Discrimination
Colonization
Inflation
Urbanization
The Enclosure Act forced many farmers from rural areas into _________.
Smaller Farms
Factories
Large Farms
Debt
The 1st I.R. started in Britain because they had capital, a large empire, and resources such as factory workers and coal/iron.
True
False
Large landowning farmers were able to purchase common land because the British government passed the...
Agricultural Revolution
Enclosure Movement Laws
Industrial Revolution
The Cottage Industry
The new form of housing lots of people in one small space was called...
an apartment building
a track home
a tenement
a mobile home
Which of the following was not a situation one faced if they lived in a tenement house?
fire
overcrowded
fresh air
no running water (19th century)
Which situation in Great Britain was a major reason why the Industrial Revolution began there?
an ample supply of human and natural resources
increasing power of the laboring class
high quality of public education
eagerness of the nobility to become factory owners
Which phrase best illustrates the theory of laissez-faire capitalism?
businesses operating with little government regulation
the state establishing production quotas
central planning committees setting prices on goods
decisions related to distribution being based on community traditions
A key principle of the economic theory of communism is
restoration of a bartering system
organization of workers’ unions
government ownership of property
privatization of business
Which heading best completes the partial outline above?
Forms of Government
Characteristics of Capitalism
Structure of the Guild System
Elements of Culture
In the late 1800s, one response of workers in England to unsafe working conditions was to
take control of the government
return to farming
set minimum wages
form labor unions
Communists
