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WorksheetsIndustrialization Revolution Summative
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 21mins
Farmers begain to implement which of the following to keep them from exhausting soil nutrients?
seed scattering
crop rotation
skipping a year of crops
none of these
Which of the following is NOT a reason the Industrial Revolution began in England?
It had harbors from which merchant ships could not sail.
It had large forests to obtain the fuel for steam engines
Natural Resource
None of these
Matthew Boulton was a businessman who helped organize, manage, and take on the financial risk of creating James Watt's new steam engine. This made Boulton a(n)___________
entrepreneur
mill boss
factor owner
none of these
According to an 1842 study, what was the average life span of a British working class person living in slums?
17 years
38 years
25 years
100 years
A factory owner would be a part of which social class?
Lower class
upper middle class
Scogins class
Lamberts class
Which would be considered a positive effect industrialization had on social classes?
Middle class children engaged in educational and leisure activities
Factory workers were overworked and underpaid
Children made money and worked long hours
There was no positive effect
Which is BEST explanation for why children were often employed in the British mining and factory work?
They were less likely to be members of a union
They could be paid less than adult male workers
They worked harder than adults
Because there was an abundance of children
Which three were positive effects? Pick 3 answer
overcrowded urban centers
improvements in transportation
increase in wages
Increase in Child Labor
Greater social mobility
What were the 3 negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. Pick 3 answer.
Increase in wages
increase in child labor
contaminated water supplies
greater social mobility
Overcrowded urban centers
Why was the United States able to industrialize successfully?
There was not enough suitable land for everyone to become farmers
The U.S. had the natural and labor resources needed for industrialization
Because the U.S. always has to be the best country
None of these
According to capitalism, which of the following would be considered a "good" government?
one that the government interferes with businesses as little as possible
one that allows the government to regulate all business activities
One that does not regulate business activities at all
none of these
One average, how much pay did a woman receive compared to a man doing the same job working the same hours?
1/2
1/3
1/4
1/8
How did the Industrial Revolution change the lives of middle-class British women?
They began to recieve the same wages as men
They began to attend college to train for careers as teachers
They started working in factors with the lower class
None of these
Which of the following conditions during the Industrial Revolution supported Karl Marx's ideas?
There were few wealthy business people while the majority of people were poor.
More materials goods were available for everyone to purchase
There too many wealthy people and not enough poor people
none of these
Business Owned by individuals, Competition determines price, Business should not be regulated is which of the following?
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Society has no class distinctions, Government owns business, Wealth equally distributed falls under which one?
Capitalism
Communism
Capitalism
Laws should protect workers rights is which of the following?
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
An economic concept that refers to separating task in which people in a factory or company work at one kind of job and learn to do it well
specialization
laissez faire
urbanization
laborers who were part of the lower class who saw their livelihoods disappear during the industrial revolution as machines replaced them in factories
working class
middle class
laissez faire
University of Glasgow, Scotland professor who defended the ideas of a free economy in his book The Wealth of Nations
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
James Watt
mathematical instrument maker who figured out a way to improve the steam engine by making it work faster and more efficiently while burning less fuel
James Watt
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
industrialization
urbanization
laisses faire
a social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers
middle class
specialization
laissses faire
the development of industries for the machine production of goods
industrialization
urbanization
specialization
a British milll woker who emigrated to the United States, bringing plans for British spinning machines with him
Karl Marx
James Watt
Samuel Slater
the idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and business
urbanization
specialization
laisses faire
A German journalist who co-authored the communist manifesto, sharing ideas of a radical form of socialism that bears his name
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Samuel Slater
The three factors of production _____ ,______ and___ __
land, labor, capital
labor, manager, electricty
land, money, government
According to the quote from Andrew Carnegie which of the following economic theories would he support the most?
"one great advantage which America will have in competing in the markets of the world is that her manufactures will have the best home market. Upon this they can depend for a return upon capital, and the surplus product can be exported with advantage, even when the prices received for it do no more than cover actual cost, provided the exports be charged with. their proportion of all expenses. The nation that has the best home market, especially if products are standardized, as ours are can soon outsell the foreign producer."
capitalism
socialism
utopianism
communism
According to the quote from Friedrich Engles who are the working class at odds with in their daily life?
"Nobody troubles about the poor as they struggle helplessly in the whirlpool of modern industrial life. The working man may be lucky enough to find employment, if by his labor he can enrich some member of the middle classes. But his wages are so low that they hardly keep body and soul together. If he cannon find work, he can steal, unless he is afraid of the police; or he can go hungry and then the police will see to it that he will die of hunger in such a way as not to distrub the equanimity of the middle classes"
the police
themselves
the middle class
other working men
In this image what is the delusion the mother is holding on to?
better wages
the right to vote
her child
none of these
Which family responsibility is this cartoon saying the mother is neglecting by hugging the ballot in the rocking chair?
supporting her husband
taking care of her baby
Her chores
none
