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Causes of Industrialization/Urbanization

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this rural or urban?: High population density

a)

Rural

b)

Urban

2.

Is this rural or urban?: Dominated by natural or managed features such as grasslands, forests, crop fields

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

3.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
4.

A period of time when products go from home-made to machine made in factories.

a)

agricutlure

b)

industrialization

c)

mathamatics

d)

environmentalism

5.

What were the four types of cheap labor that were used during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Women

Children

Slaves

Immigrants

b)

Women

Men

Immigrants

Slaves

c)

Children

Slaves

Servants

Women

d)

Women

Servants

Slaves

Natives

6.

Improved transportation led to an increase in?

a)

Goods and people being moved easier and cheaper

b)

Natural resources being produced more efficiently

c)

Crops being shipped across the Atlantic more efficiently

d)

Slaves and servants being transported to plantations easier

7.

New Inventions helped by.....

a)

Making the production of goods more efficient (cheaper and easier)

b)

Increasing the price of goods

c)

Making products less affordable to buy and sell

d)

Shipping goods that was more costly

8.
  The availability of industrial jobs resulted in--
a)
the movement of slaves to the north
b)
the movement of settlers from rural communities to urban communities
c)
the development of the Bessemer steel process