Worksheets"The Industrial Revolution" - World History Test
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
During the Industrial Revolution, life change in what basic way?
People migrated from villages to work on large farms.
People began selling their goods instead of trading them.
People learned to use machines to make their own clothes.
People migrated from rural areas to cities
Land enclosure in the 1600s and 1700s resulted in
more farms
more peasant farms
larger farms
more fenced farms
Steam became an efficient power source because of improvements made by
John Stuart Mill
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
Eli Whitney
Which of the following became an important source of power for the Industrial Revolution?
steam
animals
wind
nuclear fission
The putting-out system was a method of
removing iron from its ore
separating seeds from cotton
producing cloth in individual homes
spinning thread with water power
In what way railroads an improvement over canals?
Railroads could connect two rivers.
Railroads could connect an inland town to a coastal port.
Railroads did not have to follow the course of the river.
Railroads were the only form of overland transportation.
The people who lived in tenements in industrial cities were part of the
bourgeoisie
upper class
middle class
working class
Goods could be shipped swiftly and cheaply over land because of the invention of
The flying shuttle
The water frame
Railroads
Horses and Carriages
Which group benefited most from the Industrial Revolution?
The middle class
The working class
Farmers
The nobility
Most early factory workers were women because
more women than men sought employment
employers could pay women less than men
women were less likely than men to have accidents
women were more wiling than men to work long hours
Which of the following was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution?
A general decline in the standard of living
The overall poverty of the working class
A general rise in the standard of living
An overall decline in population
"The greatest happiness for the greatest number" was the goal of
utilitarianism
socialism
capitalism
communism
According to socialist, the solution to poverty and injustice was
Armed revolution to overthrow the proletariat
Individual ownership of the means of production
Shared ownership by the people of the means of production
The charity and good works of the religious community
Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it
Limited the individual freedoms of the people.
Created prosperity for a few and poverty for many.
Discouraged labor unions.
Prevents government from protecting working
According to Karl Marx, the establishment of communist society would
Reverse the capitalist system and make workers the privileged class.
Create a class struggle between the "haves" and the "have-nots".
Create the "greatest happiness for the greatest number" of people.
End class struggle and distribute wealth and power equally.
The population of Europe exploded between 1800 and 1900 in large part because
Couples had more children.
Medical advances reduced the death rate.
Cities eliminated slums.
Couples started families at younger age.
The type of population growth illustrated in the graph is called
urbanization
enclosure
utilitarianism
capitalism
In early 1700s, Abraham Darby's experiments led him to
Develop methods for increasing corps yields.
Patent spinning machine called the water frame.
Produce less expensive, better-quality iron.
Harness new sources of energy.
The first nation to industrialize were those that had
an establish middle class
an abundance of natural resources
high tax revenue to use as capital
a diverse labor force
Thomas Matheus discouraged vaccinations because
He feared that vaccinations would cause disease.
Disease was a natural means of population control.
Vaccinations were not yet effective enough to control disease.
Vaccinations were too expensive for the poor.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
What is the Child Labor Laws?
