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industrial revolution

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the industrial revolution begin

a)

2002-20010

b)

1750-1850

c)

2015-2020

d)

1900-1975

2.

Where did the industrial revolution start

a)

Ohio

b)

México

c)

Great Britain

d)

japen

3.

Scottish inventor who improved steam engine and made industrial revolution possible:

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

James Watt

d)

James I

4.

Working conditions during the industrial revolution for the laboring class were

a)

Terrible - long hours, low pay, dangerous jobs

b)

Great!

c)

Good pay

d)

Lots of jobs

5.

Which of the following was a positive effect, the industrial revolution

a)

Long hours worked by children

b)

Exploitation of mineral resources

c)

New inventions and new jobs

d)

Pollution

6.

What are canals

a)

Tributary rivers

b)

Man-made waterways

c)

Small rivers

d)

Man-made lakes

7.

What invention became a symbol of what 19th-century technology was doing to the wrold

a)

Steam Shovel

b)

Telephone

c)

Railroad

d)

Steam Engine

8.

The picture shows what kind of housing

a)

Single-family home

b)

Terrace or Row Houses

c)

Mansion

d)

Tenement

9.

What group of the laboring class was most likely to be injured while factory work

a)

Women

b)

Children

c)

Elderly

10.

Which group suffered the most and benefited the least from the industrial revolution

a)

Laboring Class

b)

Middle Class

c)

Aristocracy/Upper Class

11.

Urbanization is

a)

Moving from towns to countryside

b)

Moving from cities to farms

c)

Moving from one country to another

d)

Moving from farms/country to cities

12.

Large-scale production of goods is know as

a)

Mass Production

b)

Least Production

c)

Assembly Line Production

d)

Super Production

13.

The industrial revolution was shift from

a)

Machine made to handmade goods

b)

Handmade to machine made goods

c)

Wool to cotton

d)

Agriculture to industry

14.

In the United States of America, the industrial revolution began in

a)

The South

b)

The Midwest

c)

New England

d)

The West

15.

Which of the following was not a reason New England was the perfect location for the IR

a)

Rivers and Streams

b)

Poor farmland

c)

Close to ports

d)

Reliable electricity

16.

Why did the south not begin to manufacture goods at this time

a)

Abundance of cheap goods from the north

b)

Lack of resources like iron ore

c)

none

d)

All of the above

17.

Money invested in a new business in hopes of earning a profit is called

a)

Stock shares

b)

Capital

c)

Investment money

d)

Return

18.

The shift in population from rural farms to large cities is called

a)

Ruralization

b)

Citification

c)

Defarmization

d)

Urbanization

19.

The shift in pollution from rural farms to larger cites is called

a)

Ruralization

b)

Citification

c)

Defarmization

d)

Urbanization

20.

The instrument we use to acquire data on our population is called the

a)

US Census

b)

Census Bureau

c)

Online Surveys

d)

Tax Returns

21.

Which is not true of factories in the industrial revolution

a)

Factories house all parts of production under one roof

b)

Factories have no need for labor due to mechanization

c)

In factories, raw materials go in - finished goods come out

d)

Factories often had dangerous working conditions

22.

Which describes the economics of cotton cir a 1840

a)

High supply, low price, low demand

b)

Low supply, high price, high demand

c)

High supply, high price, high demand

d)

Low supply, low price, high demand

23.

the cotton gin....The

a)

Increased the demand for slaves to run more cotton gins

b)

Reduced the labor needed to clean and process cotton

c)

Reduced the number of slaves needed by a plantation

d)

Both red and yellow are true

24.

Which of the following was not used as a power source in the industrial revolution

a)

Animals

b)

Rivers and streams

c)

Steam engine

d)

All of these were used

25.

How did industrialization impact women

a)

women moved from cities to rural areas

b)

it had no impact on the lives of women

c)

many women practiced traditional economic activities

d)

many women entered the paid workforce

26.

When did the industrial revolution begin

a)

2002-20010

b)

1750-1850

c)

2015-2020

d)

1900-1975