WorksheetsReview for the Industrial Revolution and Imperialism Test
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
England's government created a special bank to loan money to corporations and other banks. What was it called?
National Bank
American Bank
Scottish Bank
A simple invention took loose cotton and turned it into thread was called the_____.
Spinning Jenny
Crazy Myrna
Lucky Spinner
What was the name for mass produced cotton cloth?
Aromatics
textiles
canals
What was the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution?
Flying Mule
Flying Shuttle
Steam Engine
How did factories send their cloth and other products to the ships at sea in England?
England built water canals all over the country
England built hot air balloons
England built special airplanes
What economic group became key to the Industrial Revolution? They were a major part of the ownership and work force of the factories?
Aristocracy
Middle Class
Working class
The rise of the Industrial Revolution led to a need for more ________ workers in England and America.
wealthier
educated
foreign
What was it called when prices were determined by business owners and not the government?
Oligopoly
Dictatorship
Free Enterprise
What term did Adam Smith use when he said the government should not interfere with business decisions?
Prime Literal
Laissez Faire
Senate Prime
What is a positive effect for workers during the Industrial Revolution?
It created more jobs for people
It made the factory workers rich
it forced the government to eliminate corruption
Which of the following is a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Increased diseases
Inventions and creativity
Constant wars with France
Who invented the idea of Germ Theory?
Louis Pasteur
George Clemenceau
Basil Hadrid
What did Dr. Pasteur say was the cause of diseases?
Toxic gas from beneath the earth
clouds containing poison gases
microscopic creatures he called "germs"
What did Pasteur suggest people do to avoid the spread of diseases?
wash hands with soap
Avoid sunlight during hot days
Eat carefully preserved food
What did Louis Pasteur develop to kill diseases in people when they are infected?
special surgeries
vaccines
showers and soap
Who tended to suffer from malnutrition during the Industrial Revolution?
college students
factory workers
policemen
Because of poor housing conditions, factory workers were susceptible to what disease?
cancer
leprosy
cholera
What was a common accident in coal mines?
coal mines would run out of coal
invasions by rival coal companies
explosions in the mines
Where did many factory children come from?
Towns that were evacuated
orphanages
other countries
Why were women sometimes put in hazardous jobs during the industrial Revolution?
They were stronger than the men
they were not valued as much as the men
they spent too much time cooking for others
What is one thing Marx wanted to get rid of so everyone would be equal?
private ownership
books
philosophy
What was the name of the famous book by Karl Marx?
Capital
Communist Manifesto
Dr. Zhivago
What does Karl Marx say must happen for Communism to occur?
less medicine
more food
a violent revolution
Who did Marx consider the biggest threat to his Communism plans?
Middle Class people
very poor people
foreign countries
Marx said if people didn't want to be communists, they would have to be_____.
hanged
shot
reeducated
What did the BEIC specialize in?
long distance trade
Selling furniture
mining coal
Why did the BEIC was able to invade and conquer large parts of India?
The kings were on drugs
Hindus and Muslims were always at war
There was a shortage of people in India
What did the BEIC want from India?
wood
diamonds
cotton
The British East India Company would take raw cotton and send it to British factories and then send it back to India in the form of _____.
cloth
trains
shoes
Because of the _____ Revolt, the British East India Company showed they couldn't control India.
Curry
Sepoy
Gold
Who took over control of India after the BEIC was removed from power?
The French Government
the British Government
The German Government
What did the British create for the Indian population that was positive?
hospitals, medicines, colleges
a minimum wage of $15.00 per hour
a pass to China
What did the Chinese government do that hurt them and put them behind the rest of the world?
they sent gold to Spain
they isolated from the rest of the world
They were alcoholics
When the British East India Company ran out of silver, what did they sell to Chinese gangs?
opium
whiskey
emeralds
When the British navy defeated the Chinese navy, what did the Chinese have to give to the British?
Shanghai and Hong Kong
Control of Mongolia
Control of all of France
Why did the British want to control a neighborhood of every major city in China?
to distribute the opium
to buy silver
to buy Chinese food
What was the name of the Chinese gangs that bought the opium from the British?
the Ninjas
triads
thugs
What did the British East India Company want from China?
coffee
tea
sugar
What is it called when one nation conquers another place and its people?
imperialism
democracy
anarchy
What crop did the British East India Company want from India?
raw cotton
vegetables
potatoes
What body of water did the British government take from Egypt?
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Michigan
Suez Canal
What was the mosquito disease that kept many Europeans from entering Central Africa?
polio
flu
malaria
What allowed Europeans to travel against the swift moving Africa rivers?
battleships
steam-powered river boats
special canoes
What weapon allowed Europeans to conquer the African people who defended their land?
special bow and arrow
automatic pistols
machine gun
What medicine was given to people who suffered from malaria to reduce fever?
quinine
palm medicine
aspirin
For what purpose did factory machines need palm oil and rubber sap?
to lubricate and stop the machines from wearing down
to make the machines slower
to make the factory machines less-efficient
Why did the Europeans want to kill the elephants?
they wanted their organs for medicine
they wanted the ivory tusks
they wanted to find a cure for diseases
What metals were needed for the factory machines in Europe?
platinum and silver
copper and nickel
gold and steel
What part of Africa did King Leopold of Belgium invade and conquer with a personal army?
Libya
Congo
Nigeria
What did King Leopold call his personal kingdom in Africa?
Congo Free State
Zaire
Peoples Republic of Congo
What crop did King Leopold's army force the people in the Congo to grow instead of their food crops?
apple trees
fig trees
rubber trees
How many native Congo people died in just 16 years because of the cruelty in the Congo Free State?
10 million
2 million
3 million
What did the soldiers working for King Leopold do as punishment for rubber collectors who didn't collect enough?
they killed the rubber sap collectors
they cut off the hands of their children
they forced the workers to leave
In 1885, the nations of Europe came together to divide all of Africa amongst themselves before they all invaded. What was the meeting called?
Berlin Conference
Assembly of Paris
Madrid Conference
The African nations of Liberia and Ethiopia stand out because of what distinction?
they were attacked by the Turkish army
they were never invaded and conquered
they invented the flamethrower
Besides being invaded by European armies, many Africans died from new _____.
diseases
chemicals
ships
The European nations hurt the native people of Africa because they divided ______ between different nations.
farm equipment
tribal boundaries
rubber sap
Many Africans died from abuses and hunger during the imperialism era but some also died from _____.
diseases
falling
fishing
What was the deadly disease caused by people drinking water that was infected with human feces?
flu
(Influenza)
cholera
diabetes
What was a major health problem that affected workers during the Industrial Revolution in Europe and America?
murder
leprosy
malnutrition
What was the deadliest job for workers in the Industrial Revolution?
sweeping floors
silk thread making
coal mining
Children who worked in factories and coal mines during the Industrial Revolution were mistreated. Where did many of these children come from?
orphanages
France
China
What did factories do with women they hired for factories?
refused to pay women
paid women less than men and put then in dangerous jobs
made women eat leftovers
How did Dr. John Snow determine the cause of cholera in a part of London, England?
he studied ancient books
he used a map to locate the source of the disease
he found a pair of pants
What did Dr. John Snow learn was the actual cause of cholera?
poison air
soil infected with bubonic plague
water infected with human waste
