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WorksheetsIGH Reading Quiz 6GR
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Before the Industrial Revolution, which area produced the most highly desired luxury goods?
Africa
Asia
Europe
Americas
By how much did the European population increase in the eighteenth century, despite high mortality rates? (write the percentage)
(a)
Which of the following was instrumental in enabling early Western industrialization? (3 answers)
The institution of slavery
The invention of interest rates
The use of credit
Technical know-how
The use of electrical power
Which country pioneered Western industrialization?
Britain
France
Germany
The United States of America
Belgium
Which of the following products effectively replaced its lucrative counterpart in Asian markets, and spurred the development of new technologies?
Iron
Spices
Cotton
Porcelain
Which mechanical innovation accelerated the pace and capabilities of industrialization?
Wind power
Water power
Steam power
Electrical power
Which of the following is a way that colonialism helped mother countries to industrialize? (3 answers)
Colonies provided a guaranteed market
Monopolies on colonial markets eliminated competition
Colonies provided raw materials
Mother countries traded with each other’s colonies
Mother countries benefited from industrialization in their colonies
Which group(s) represented the majority of factory labour forces in the initial phases of the Industrial Revolution? (2 answers)
Men
Immigrants
Women
Children
What was the goal of the Luddite movement?
To remind companies of the worth of their human workers
To cause financial ruin to factory owners
To institute technological advancements
To enforce new religious practices in Anglican churches
Which event hindered industrialization in continental Europe, compared to English successes?
Financial crash
The Thirty Years' War
Outbreaks of cholera
The French Revolution
What was the purpose of the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London?
To do away with state intervention in trade
To memorialize bygone products from trade with Asia
To showcase British technological genius
To sell high quality materials to the elite
Used effectively by Henry Ford, which of the following revolutionized factory work?
Moving assembly line
Fair payment of workers
High levels of skilled training
Improvement of machine safety
In the so-called Second Industrial Revolution, how much of the global industrial output came from the United States? (write the approximate percentage)
(a)
