WorksheetsIndustialism
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, many factories were built along rivers because
water was a major source of irrigation
water power was used to power factory machines
ships could easily deliver goods to factories
ships could bring in supplies
A place where people use machines to mass produce goods.
Cartel
Corporation
Factory
Urbanization
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
Low wages
Dangerous working conditions
Safe working conditions
Poor air quality/pollution
Child labor
Which statement IS TRUE about the Industrial Revolution?
Children were not allowed to work
There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
Work conditions were closely regulated
Children only had to work an 8 hour day
The agricultural revolution led to Britain’s industrialization (mass production) because…
It created universal male suffrage
It greatly increased the number of people working in agricultural fields
It encouraged the fair and equal treatment of workers on farms and in factories
It destroyed the cottage industry and made people look for work to work in factories
It led to new inventions as well as urban industrialization
The agricultural revolution would allow for….
Larger populations
Increase in wealth of peasants
Decreased populations
More small family farms
Which term refers to the “money to invest in labor, machines and raw materials” necessary to start a factory and industrialize?
Capital
Industrialization
Entrepreneur
Factory system
The movement of people into cities is called…
Emigration
Immigration
Urbanization
Absorption
What was the cause of these effects:
The Agricultural Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Capitalist Revolution
The Enclosure Movement
What was the most important source of power for the early Industrial Revolution?
the steam engine
animals
the windmill
the dynamo
The Industrial Revolution began in this country.
The United States
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
What natural resources gave Great Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?
farm lands and forests
wildlife and precious gems
coal and iron
mountain ranges
How did industrialization impact women?
Many women entered the paid workplace.
Many women practiced traditional activities such as making their families clothing.
It had no impact on the lives of women.
Women moved from cities to rural areas.
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?
Clothing and woven/fabric materials
industrial machines
cars
household goods like cookware
Why was England the site of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution?
England was the most powerful nation in the world
It wasn't; history has unfairly given England credit for the Industrial Revolution
England had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built
England was centrally located to many areas like France, Germany, Spain, and Ireland, giving them an advantage to bring in resources and talent from many places
Who invented the spinning jenny?
Thomas Edison
James Hargreaves
Henry Bessemer
Isaac Singer
Who invented(upgraded) the steam engine?
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
James Watt
Why were women and children hired more often than men?
a. Mill owners often had no wife or children
b. Owners could legally pay them less than men
c. Women and children could not work in any other place
d. The fourth answer is correct. Circle it
Why wasn’t it a big deal if kids worked in factories?
a. Families had so many kids, they could afford to lose a few of them in factory accidents
b. Often children were ridden like horses on farms, so many did not mind seeing them put to hard work
c. Kids were much stronger back then. They weren’t soft like y’all.
d. Children often worked long, hard hours on farms, and people saw no difference in them working in factories
True or False. Factory workers worked 12 hours or more each day, but were rewarded with long weekends
True
False
True or False. By 1850, the number of people working in factories had more than doubled the number from 1800.
True
False
In the early 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because
enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms
factory work strengthened extended families
displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs
the middle class decreased in size
Increased agricultural production in England in the late 1700s contributed directly to
the development of a worldwide communications network
the introduction of manorialism
a decrease in the power of the monarch
an increase in life expectancy
“Famine seems to be the last, the most dreadful resource of nature. The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to provide subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race. . . .”
— Thomas Malthus, “Essay on Population,” 1798
This prediction proved to be wrong in part because of increases in
ethnic cleansing
farm productivity
the number of wars
the number of droughts
Which pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?
gold and salt
diamonds and petroleum
copper and tin
coal and iron ore
Developments in European History
A Protestant Reformation
B Feudal Period
C Industrial Revolution
D Neolithic Revolution
Which set of events is listed in the correct chronological order?
C → A → B → D
D → C → B → A
B → D → A → C
D → B → A → C
Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?
England’s natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities.
In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade.
Great Britain’s prosperity unified the people.
People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution.
A long-term result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe was
an increase in the number of small farms
a decline in international trade
a general rise in the standard of living
a strengthening of the economic power of the nobility
During the Industrial Revolution, factories were (a) .
During the Industrial Revolution, (a) worked at dangerous jobs.
Match the following
upper class
working class
middle class
Match the people with their pay.
.10/day
children
$1.00/day
men
.50/day
women
Because children worked in factories, they could not go to (a)
During the Industrial Revolution, many children worked in (a) .
During the Industrial Revolution, some children were hurt by factory (a) .
The (a) class made more money than the (b) class.
The (a) class did not have enough money for vactations.
A major result of the Industrial Revolution was that
the middle class increased in number and in power
the population in cities declined
communist revolutions occurred throughout the world
During the Industrial Revolution working conditions were (choose all that apply)
dangerous
safe
clean
noisy
crowded
During the Industrial Revolution most workers got
Low pay, dangerous conditions, and long hours
good pay, dangerous conditions and an 8 hour day
Low pay, safe conditions and nice employers
Low pay, dangerous conditions and an 8 hour work day
Which movement in the 1700s promoted reason, liberty, and self determination?
The Scientific Revolution
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The American Revolution
Which philosopher believed people were born with unalienable rights and that the government should protect them?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Robert Owen
Voltaire
All of the following helped countries to industrialize except:
Access to waterways
Natural resources like coal
Access to foreign resources and markets
Being colonies of other nations
What effect did specialization of labor have on the workplace?
It led to more unskilled labor in factories
It led to more skilled labor in factories
As countries embraced Adam Smith's capitalism laissez faire policies, what new forms of business were promoted?
corporations
monopolies
socialism
transnational businesses
All of the following were reactions to industrialization's negative effects on workers except:
Labor unions
Communism
The invisible hand
Utilitarianism
Accurate effects of industrialization on society include
Poor working and living conditions for the lower class
Increased standard of living for middle and upper classes
Lower class families working closer together in their homes
More accessible and cheaper goods
Luddites
agitated for better wages for factory workers
were Utopian Socialist
adapted Marxism
hated machines
Classical Liberals believe
all of these
that the economy is a natural process
that population will always grow faster than food supply
that poverty will always exit in some form
What is the movement of people from farms to cities?
Utilitarianism
Urbanization
Proletariat
Enclosure Movement
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
Cartel
Corporation
Factory
Urbanization
Known as the Father of modern economics, author of Wealth of Nations, based on the principle of Laissez-Faire?
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
Thomas Malthus
John Wesley
In which European country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
France
Britian
Prussia
Spain
Some of the machines invented in the 18th and 19th centuries are:
telephones, geographic positioning system, radios, airplanes
steam engine, railroads, flying shuttle, phonograph, steam ships, light bulb
sailboats, automobiles, wheel barrels, clocks, word processors
automatic washer, hair dryer, rockets, space shuttles
Which of the following is considered an impact of Industrialization during the 18th and 19th centuries?
Increased competition between industrialized nations
Rise of global inequalities
Transformation of society.
All of the above
