WorksheetsThe Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why did early factories hire children?
They could be paid less than adults.
They were easy to replace.
They did dangerous work that adults refused to do.
All of the above.
What is a free market?
a store where goods are free
an economy controlled by the government
a system based on competition between privately owned businesses offering a similar product or service
From which group of people did most factory workers come?
artisans
peasants
bourgeoisie
landowners
What happened during the enclosure movement?
People worked indoors in factories.
Farmers built greenhouses to enclose their crops.
Small fields were combined to make larger farms.
Which was an important new source of energy in the 1700s?
coal
wood
oil
natural gas
Who perfected the steam engine?
Eli Whitney
James Watt
Lord Ashley
After 1500, Europe's population
stayed the same
declined
grew
moved from the city to the country
Which invention helped people make cloth faster and more easily?
spinning jenny
water frame
cotton gin
all of the above
Which was NOT a problem for factory workers living in cities?
crime
disease
too much money to spend
poverty
What is capital?
money invested to make more money
small change saved for a rainy day
the portion of a worker's income used for groceries and rent
wages
Which statement describes mercantilism?
to each according to his need
a country can grow rich by controlling trade
the government should not try to control the market
wages
Which is NOT an idea that interested Adam Smith?
supply and demand
division of labor
communism
free markets
During the Industrial Revolution, the gap between the rich and the poor
disappeared
decreased
increased
Who wrote novels describing the hard life of many people in England in the 1800s?
Jane Austen
William Shakespeare
Friedrich Engels
Charles Dickens
What was an achievement of Benjamin Disraeli?
He wrote the Communist Manifesto
He passed laws to help working people.
He abolished private property.
He created New Harmony.
What were the Luddites most famous for?
establishing a perfect community
ending feudalism in Europe
destroying factories and machines
supporting the free market
What did Robert Owen try to establish?
a perfect community
world communism
public libraries in Scotland
the Church of England
Which statement describes an important aim of socialism?
Government should control the economy to benefit all citizens
Government should leave people alone to do whatever they want
Government should be abolished altogether
Government should be elected only by the wealthy
What is a strike?
a product that sells well on the free market
a protest in which workers agree to stop working
a socialist community
a special kind of factory
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Robert Owen
Charles Dickens
James Watt
Karl Marx
Communism aimed to abolish
factories
workers
private property
free public education
What was Karl Marx's goal?
a state religion
absolute equality
martial law
mercantilism
Karl Marx was the author of which book?
Das Kapital
The Origin of Species
The Wealth of Nations
A New View of Society
The United States today is
communist
Marxist
capitalist
both a and c
Which is a socialist idea that has been adopted by American capitalist society?
welfare
Social Security
biotechnology
both a and b
