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7°HISTORY - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Industrial Revolution began in...

a)

FRANCE

b)

SPAIN

c)

ENGLAND

d)

MEXICO

2.

System created during this industrial revolution to produce the movement of machines...

a)

Water engine

b)

Diesel engine

c)

Steam engine

d)

Wind engine

3.

Steam engines were also used in...

a)

Social networks

b)

Transportation

c)

Economy

d)

Make confortable life

4.

With this invention people were transported long distances and even great amounts of cargo.

a)

Boat

b)

Airplane

c)

Train

5.

Factory owners were considered ____ like workers were poor. They were known as ___________.

a)

proletariat / poor

b)

poor / proletariat

c)

rich / proletariat

d)

rich / burgoisie

6.

The telegraph was invented in this country...

a)

MEXICO

b)

CANADA

c)

FRANCE

d)

USA

7.

Telegraph's inventor...

a)

Worse

b)

Morris

c)

Mount

d)

Morse

8.

The economic developments of the 1800s saw the development of industialized ones. This change is part of the ___________.

a)

French revolution

b)

Industrial revolution

c)

Liberal revolts

9.

In Britain what increased dramatically with the steam engine?

a)

roads, canals, roadways

b)

roads, boats and trains

c)

trains, boats and highways

10.

Did the Industrial Revolution see mechanization of the textile factory?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

What European country was the birthplace of the Industrial revolution?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Great Britain

d)

Italy

12.

Great Britain was the only mature economy for a long time.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Who was very respected and encouraged in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

engineers, inventors

b)

scientists, teachers

c)

actors, scientists

14.
Where did most people live during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
City
b)
Country
c)
Islands
d)
Russia
15.
What class was introduced during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Upper
b)
Middle
c)
Lower
16.
What was one of the negative outcomes of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
New Inventions
b)
More Jobs
c)
Pollution
d)
There were none!
17.
Coal was the only source of power.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
19.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Kay
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
James Watt
20.
How did technology affect children during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
new technology forced children to go to school
b)
Mill owners preferred hiring children because they worked for less wages than adults.and could easily access textile machines
c)
children were not affected by technology
d)
newly learned skills provided better wages for children
21.
What hardships did children face while working in factories? 
a)
low wages and unsafe working conditions
b)
long hours in study hall
c)
high wages and safe working conditions
d)
Children faced no hardships at all
22.
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
a)
Cartel
b)
Corporation
c)
Factory
d)
Urbanization
23.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
24.
Who perfected the steam engine? 
a)
James Watt
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Eli Whitney
25.
Who created the Spinning Jenny?
a)
James Watt
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Eli Whitney
26.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Henry Bessemer
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Eli Whitney
27.
Who created a new way to make steel?
a)
Henry Bessemer
b)
Edward Jenner
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
28.
Who created a smallpox vaccine?
a)
Henry Bessemer
b)
Edward Jenner
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Henry Ford
29.
What did the British Enclosure Movement do? 
a)
Reduced the number of hours children had to work in the factory
b)
Kicked people off public land, made it private
c)
Banned people from entering the cottage industry
d)
Made British enclosures the national movement
30.
The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.
a)
French Revolution
b)
Machine Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Technological Revolution
31.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
32.
How did the Agricultural Revolution impact farmers?
a)
New farming methods required more workers on the farm.
b)
New farming methods produced bigger harvests with less farmers.
33.
What were living conditions in the city like during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Very extravagant
b)
Strict housing regulations
c)
Spacious and luxurious
d)
Crowded and unsanitary
34.

Allowed crops to be planted in straight rows

a)

tractor

b)

seed drill

c)

plant maker

d)

thresher

35.

Method used to increase nutrient level of soil

a)

Plant movement

b)

Agriculture shifting

c)

Crop rotation

d)

Seed turning

36.

What was the fuel of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Iron

b)

Coal

c)

Oil

d)

Plutonium

37.

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

a)

Access to natural resources

b)

Low wages

c)

Unstable government

d)

Unstable food supply

38.

Which of these inventions improved transportation during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Electric car

b)

Horse and buggy

c)

Steam locomotive

d)

Jet planes

39.

How did the Enclosure Movement lead to increased food production?

a)

Improved technology

b)

Put more people to work on farms

c)

Divided land into many small farms

d)

Created larger farms

40.

People who opposed the use of machines

a)

Machinists

b)

Luddites

c)

Morseites

d)

Bessemers

41.

name of the first full size steamboat

a)

Tom Thumb

b)

Gibbon

c)

Ogden

d)

Clermont

42.
Who invented the flying shuttle?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Richard Arkwright
c)
John Kay
d)
Samuel Morse
43.
Who invented the spinning jenny?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Edmund Cartwright
c)
William Kelly
d)
Henry Cort
44.

Which of the following BEST describes mining conditions?

a)

dangerous, long hours, and low pay

b)

clean, dark and cold

c)

high pay and high danger

d)

all workers were treated equally

45.

Before steam power, most machines ran on

a)

wind

b)

water

c)

solar energy

d)

coal

46.
The Industrial Revolution was triggered by sweeping changes in what?
a)
Religion
b)
Education
c)
Agriculture
d)
Politics 
47.
Who created the electric light bulb?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Peter Edison
48.

Money used to invest in machinery and factories is also called _____

a)

Labor

b)

Entrepreneur

c)

Capital

d)

Production

49.

A person who finds a new business and new ways to make a profit

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Laborer

c)

Puddler

d)

Socialist

50.
Who invented the sewing machine?
a)
Elias Howe
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Eli Whitney
51.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Elias Howe
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Samuel Morse
52.

In the Industrial Revolution who worked on the factories?

a)

children and adults

b)

only adults

c)

only women

d)

only men and women and friends

53.
___________ invented dynamite, an explosive used in construction and warfare.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Henry Bessemer
c)
Alfred Nobel
d)
Michael Faraday
54.
Another word for shares in a company is called ______________.
a)
Stock
b)
Bonds
c)
Mutual Funds
d)
Options
55.
Businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock are called ______________.
a)
Monopolies
b)
Enterprises
c)
Trusts
d)
Corporations
56.

Negative Effects of the Industrialization

a)

no sanitary code,

long shifts

better clothing

no training for workers = injuries

b)

high salaries, big houses, more food

c)

Workers worked short shifts, they received a nice salary. They had aid in case of an injury.

d)

Workers didn't receive any salary, they worked as eslaves.

57.

These cities benefited from the railroad

a)

Guadalajara and Monterrey

b)

Liverpool and Manchester

c)

New York and Arizona

d)

Torreón and Saltillo

58.

After Britain, which country started with industrialization?

a)

USA

b)

BRAZIL

c)

MEXICO

d)

CHINA

59.

The technological boom in the US included

a)

cellphones, computers and radios

b)

natural resources, people and capital

c)

land, people, money, but no natural resources

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