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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Agricultural Revolution

c)

Neolithic Revolution

d)

Socialist Revolution

2.

drug that prevents pain during surgery

a)

enclosure

b)

anesthetic

c)

antiseptic

d)

drugs

3.

Invented the seed drill

a)

Jethro Tull

b)

Eli Whitney

4.

the process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers

a)

encircle

b)

entrapment

c)

enclosure

d)

envelop

5.

During the 1700s, people began to use new energy sources, such as steam engines powered by coal

a)

dynamite revolution

b)

dynamo revolution

c)

agricultural revolution

d)

energy revolution

6.

developed a steam engine powered by coal to pump water out of mines

a)

Thomas Newcomen

b)

James Watt

7.

Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry.

a)

Thomas Newcomen

b)

James Watt

8.

used coal instead of charcoal to smelt iron; built the world's first iron bridge

a)

Abraham Darby

b)

Abraham (the Abraham... Isaac was his son)

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

Eli Whitney

9.

A system developed in the eighteenth century in which tasks were distributed to individuals who completed the work in their own homes; also known as cottage industry.

a)

putting-in system

b)

putting-out system

c)

putting-up system

d)

putting-down system

10.

invented the spinning jenny; it spun many threads at the same time.

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

George Stephenson

d)

William Cockerill

11.

Invented the cotton gin which separated the seeds from the cotton

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

George Stephenson

d)

William Cockerill

12.

English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

George Stephenson

d)

William Cockerill

13.

founded a textile factory in Belgium bringing industrialization to continental Europe

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

George Stephenson

d)

William Cockerill

14.

Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.

a)

monolopy

b)

laissez-faire economics

c)

lazy-faire economics

d)

big business

15.

Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern capitalism.

a)

Adam Thomas

b)

Adam White

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Adam Jones

16.

English economist who formulated the "iron law of wages," according to which wages would always remain at the subsistence level for the workers because of population growth.

a)

David Ricardo

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

John Dalton

17.

idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people

a)

utilitarianism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

Marxism

18.

A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

a)

romanticism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

realism

19.

19th century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Often recognized as the father of communism. Analysis of history led to his belief that communism would replace capitalism as it replaced feudalism. Believed in a classless society.

a)

Lenin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Charles Darwin

20.

Englishman who developed the first efficient method for the mass production of steel.

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

21.

Invented dynamite; donated funds for the Nobel Peace Prize still given out today.

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Henry Bessemer

22.

American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic phonograph, and motion pictures.

a)

Wright Brothers

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alfred Nobel

d)

Henry Ford

23.

English chemist who created the first simple electric motor and the first dynamo.

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Michael Faraday

24.

American bicycle makers that designed and flew a flimsy airplane in North Carolina in 1903. Although their plane only stayed in the air for a few seconds, it ushered in the air age.

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Guglielmo Marconi

c)

Wilbur the pig

d)

Orville & Wilbur Wright

25.

the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

a)

corporation

b)

monopoly

c)

monotonous

d)

cartel

26.

A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts

a)

corporation

b)

stock

c)

monopoly

d)

cartel

27.

Nutrition improved...

a)

improved methods of food storage.

b)

Jesus loved them.

c)

improved methods of farming.

d)

improved methods of food distribution.

28.

He clearly showed the link between microbes & disease. He made a vaccine for rabies & anthrax. He also discovered pasteurization that killed disease-carrying microbes in milk.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

John Dalton

29.

He was a German doctor that identified a bacterium that caused tuberculosis, a respiratory disease that claimed about 30 million human lived in the 1800s.

People began to see that germs cause diseases.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

John Dalton

30.

Founder of modern nursing; she said, "The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm." As a nurse in the Crimean War, she insisted on better hygiene. She worked to introduce sanitary measures in British hospitals.

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Lucretia Mott

31.

He began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

John Dalton

32.

What is the movement of people from farms to cities?

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Urbanization

c)

Proletariat

d)

Enclosure Movement

33.

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

a)

Cartel

b)

Corporation

c)

Factory

d)

Urbanization

34.

In which European country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

France

b)

Britian

c)

Prussia

d)

Spain

35.

Some of the machines invented in the 18th and 19th centuries are:

a)

telephones, geographic positioning system, radios, airplanes

b)

steam engine, railroads, flying shuttle, phonograph, steam ships, light bulb

c)

sailboats, automobiles, wheel barrels, clocks, word processors

d)

automatic washer, hair dryer, rockets, space shuttles

36.

Capitalism is

a)

An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and money is invested to make profits.

b)

An economic system in which the means of production are owned by the public (government) and operate for the welfare of all.

37.

The early Industrial Revolution workers faced all these conditions EXCEPT:

a)

miserable working conditions

b)

dangerous working conditions

c)

minimal pay for long hours

d)

control over seasonal schedule

38.

What natural resources gave Great Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?

a)

water and forests

b)

wildlife and precious gems

c)

coal and iron

d)

good harbors

39.

Which industry did the Industrial Revolution first take hold in Great Britain?

a)

textiles

b)

iron production

c)

agriculture

d)

transportation

40.

 In pre-industrial times (before the industrial revolution), most people lived…

a)

on very large farms

b)

on rented lands

c)

in cities

d)

in rural villages

41.

Which term refers to “money to invest in labor, machines and raw materials” necessary to start a factory and industrialize?

a)

Capital

b)

Industrialization

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

Factory system

42.

Many changes were made to a rural (country) village as it was changed into an industrial town. Which factor of production is connected to a factory’s need for workers from the countryside?

a)

Capital

b)

Land

c)

Labor

d)

Wealth

43.

Which of the following is a result of the growth of the industrialization and the textile (cloth) industry and factories in Great Britain?

a)

There were fewer farms in great Britain

b)

Population growth in rural areas increased and population in cities decreased.

c)

The cottage (homemade goods) industry no longer existed because textile factories could make goods cheaper and faster

d)

The decreased production of goods in factories so the textile /cottage industries could survive

44.

Children were given some of the most dangerous jobs during the Industrial Revolution because…?

a)

They had quicker reflexes so they did not get hurt when they were working with dangerous machines

b)

No one else would take the jobs they were offered

c)

They were small enough to fit under machines where the most dangerous jobs were and if they were hurt they could be easily replaced

d)

Children would go on strike when they were forced to work in  dangerous or unpleasant conditions

45.

How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods? Choose the BEST answer

a)

Made fewer products

b)

Made more products from home

c)

Made better quality products

d)

Mass production & cheaper goods