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Year 9 Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What centuries did the Industrial Revolution Occur?

a)

17th-19th

b)

18th-20th

c)

16th-19th

d)

17th-20th

2.

What revolution was a major cause of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

American Revolution

b)

French Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

Russian Revolution

3.

What was the main source of fuel?

a)

Coal

b)

Petrol

c)

Wood

d)

Diesel

4.

What law allowed private ownership and the ability to section off land?

a)

Enclosure Acts

b)

Factory Acts

c)

Land owner Acts

d)

Fence Acts

5.

What was the most popular job type during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Factory/Manufacturing

b)

Train driver

c)

Farmer

d)

Coal Miner

6.

Why were factories originally built along flowing rivers?

a)

Keep them clean

b)

Dump Waste

c)

Power Machinery

d)

Coincidence

7.

What was the main reason for poor housing and high crime rates?

(a)  

8.

Where did people in the cities put their garbage?

a)

Streets

b)

Bins

c)

Floors in their house

d)

Rubbish tip

9.

Name of the buildings in which dozens of families lived?

(a)  

10.

Where did the rich live?

a)

Near their factories

b)

Suburbs away from the slums

c)

In the centre of the city

d)

On farms

11.

What age did children start working in factories?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

9

d)

5

12.

Why were children seen as good workers in factories?

a)

small and agile to clean machines

b)

they were quiet

c)

they did not need to be paid much

d)

they weren't seen as good workers

13.

Why did children work during the Industrial Revolution

a)

families needed money

b)

for fun

c)

no one else could do the jobs they did

d)

they didn't want to go to school

14.

Who invented the steam engine?

a)

James Wind

b)

Thomas Watts

c)

James Watts

d)

Thomas Wind

15.

What was the name of the laws that ensured children under nine could not work.

a)

Factory Acts

b)

Children Schooling Act

c)

Rights for Kids Act

d)

Welfare Act

16.

Who invented the light bulb?

(a)  

17.

What product was made using the first every assembly line?

a)

Benz Patent Motor Car

b)

Ford Model-T

c)

Telephone

d)

Locomotive

18.

The name of the Slave Trade that accounted for the bulk of raw material harvesting?

a)

The Pacific Slave Trade

b)

The American Slave Trade

c)

The African Slave Trade

d)

The Atlantic Slave Trade

19.

What criminal punishment became more prevalent during the Industrial revolution?

a)

Taxes

b)

Transportation to penal colonies

c)

Electric Chair

d)

Community Service

20.

What is a Locomotive?

a)

Plane

b)

Car

c)

Train

d)

Engine

21.

What is is called when people move from rural areas to the cities?

(a)  

22.

What is the name for the floating prison ships being used at this time?

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Prison on Water

c)

Hulks

d)

Tenement

23.

What year were the Factory Act introduced?

a)

1833

b)

1834

c)

1897

d)

1806

24.

What year was slavery abolished in the British Empire?

a)

1845

b)

1833

c)

1856

d)

1837

25.

What year were the Luddite Riots?

a)

1811

b)

1830

c)

1824

d)

1857