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WorksheetsUnit 9.1 BHP Quiz - Acceleration
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How is the Industrial Revolution different from other revolutions, like the American, French, Latin American, and Haitian Revolutions?
It transformed the way people lived, how goods were made, and how the economy worked, rather than the ways people were governed.
The weapons used in the Industrial Revolution were more advanced than those used in the others.
The Industrial Revolution included more battles than the other revolutions.
The effects of the Industrial Revolution were much shorter-lived than those of any of the other revolutions.
What kind of work did most people do before the Industrial Revolution?
Clothing manufacturing
Hunting and gathering
Farming
Blacksmithing
Why was the Industrial Revolution important in setting the stage for Threshold 8, allowing us to create a complex, global society?
It led to climate change, the most important issue to arise in our global society.
It marked the discovery of new energy sources.
It allowed for the first connections between previously isolated world zones.
It was the central reason for increased global connections.
What aspects of Chinese history contradict Eurocentric explanations of the rise of industrialization in Europe?
China’s strict government control of trading operations
China’s abundant coal deposits
China’s large labor force
China’s history of economic, educational, and cultural inventions
How did the high wages in Britain help lead to the Industrial Revolution?
They pushed manufacturers to cut down on human labor through mechanization.
They gave people more disposable income that they then spent on manufactured goods.
It allowed for high taxes that were then invested in national industrialization efforts.
Since people worked less for the same amount of money, they had more time to experiment and invent.
How did Indian cotton production actually help spur industrialization in Britain?
India started the slow process of industrial mechanization in their cotton industry which Britain then adopted and expanded with the Industrial Revolution.
Britain pushed industrialization in an attempt to compete with Indian cotton and textile producers in the global market.
India produced cheap cotton which Britain then used to produce textiles, pushing demand for cheaper methods of production.
The cotton and textiles produced in India were exported to Britain and used to clothe factory workers.
The modern revolution came about not only because of the globalization of goods and ideas but also due to the utilization of new energy resources. What was this new energy source?
Hydroelectric power
Fossil fuels
Nuclear energy
Firewood
What two forces propel the acceleration of change in human societies today?
The development of renewable energy sources and rise of foreign trade
The invention of the typewriter and phonograph
The development of commerce and the new market economy
The burning of fossil fuels and new technological innovations
How did the interconnection of the four world zones lead to rapid population growth in many parts of the world? Choose the best answer.
The movement of people into cities
The exchange of new crops
The discovery of new medicines
The migration of people to new lands
What regions benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?
North Africa and the Pacific
India and East Asia
The North Atlantic seaboard and Europe
The Mediterranean and Mesopotamia
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A time when production increased
A time when iron was invented
A time when farming grew
A time when political revolutionaries revolted
What factor may have contributed to the Industrial Revolution?
Strict political institutions
Large population
Cultural superiority
Strong property rights
Where did the Industrial Revolution (1750) begin?
England
China
India
America
Why did business owners move away from human labor and towards machines and labor-saving technologies?
Machines and labor-saving technologies made businesses safer for workers.
High wages forced business owners to find cheaper options.
Government stipends allowed business owners to finance other options.
Machines connected business owners to new innovative possibilities.
What became a major source of energy during the Industrial Revolution?
Animals
Wind
Water
Coal
Which invention drastically changed how factories, trains and ships were powered during the Industrial Revolution?
The telegraph
The photograph
The steam engine
The spinning jenny
Why did global commerce and markets encourage the acceleration of innovation?
It increased competition
It increased the spread of disease.
It decreased population growth.
It decreased the exchange of ideas.
How did the connection between the four world zones affect acceleration?
It stopped acceleration.
It changed acceleration.
It encouraged acceleration.
It discouraged acceleration.
What new energy resource powered the Modern Revolution?
Nuclear energy
Fossil fuels
Wind
Hydroelectric power
What are two ingredients for the Modern Revolution?
Labor unions and child labor
Iron and machinery
Assembly lines and worker schedules
Globalization and new energy resources
