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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
2.
What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
Factories
c)
Dynamos
d)
Assembly Lines
3.
What product was first made using machines in factories?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
c)
locomotives
d)
flying shuttles
4.
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
a)
Cartel
b)
Corporation
c)
Factory
d)
Urbanization
5.
Mass production led to:
a)
Products being more superior in quality
b)
goods became less expensive
c)
laborers received higher wages
d)
industries moved to rural areas
6.
Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by
a)
Factories
b)
Hand
c)
Slaves
d)
Royalty
7.
What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?
a)
Moving
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
8.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
9.
This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal.
a)
flying shuttle
b)
steam engine
c)
spinning jenny
d)
cotton gin
10.
Which statement is true?
a)
Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution
b)
Work conditions were closely regulated
c)
There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
d)
Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly. 
11.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
wood and peat
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
d)
cotton and tobacco
12.
Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -
a)
technology
b)
textile
c)
economy
d)
industrialization
13.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Jim Morse
c)
James Watt
d)
the guy that delivers your pizza
14.

This photograph was taken in 1900. How did the introduction of innovations such as this one change life in cities?

a)

It forced people to live closer to factories in order to access public transportation.

b)

It made it possible for people to move out of cities and commute to work.

c)

It encouraged wealthier people to buy homes in the inner city.

d)

It reduced the gap between rich and poor since they had access to the same transportation.

15.

This is a photograph of telephone operators in the 1910s. Which statement is true about the business shown in this photograph?

a)

It operated without using electricity

b)

It encouraged the use of child labor.

c)

It created jobs for female workers.

d)

It used slave labor.

16.

Why did some children work in the early 1900s?

a)

They enjoyed working in factories

b)

They needed to earn money to help their families

c)

They had nothing else to do

d)

School was out

17.

What is a monopoly

a)

A company that has control of an entire industry

b)

The fast-dealing property trading game

c)

A person who exposes corrupt business practices

d)

. A plan to stop people from drinking

18.

Writers like, Ida Tarbell, who exposed the corrupt businesses and trusts were called _________.

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

redcoats

c)

muckrakers

d)

Scalawags

19.

Who created the Standard Oil Company?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Henry Ford