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Industrialization and Urbanization

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of developing industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

a)

Industrialization

b)

Capitalism

c)

Urbanization

d)

Mechanization

2.

The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.

a)

Urbanization

b)

Laissez-Faire

c)

Railroads

d)

Cottage Industry

3.

Large buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.

a)

Factories

b)

Trade Unions

c)

Child Labor

d)

Division of Labor

4.

An engine that uses steam to generate power.

a)

Steam Engine

b)

Mechanization

c)

Technological Innovation

d)

Industrialization

5.

An economic policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference.

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Urbanization

6.

An economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Factories

c)

Socialism

d)

Child Labor

7.

An economic system where the means of production are owned and controlled by the state or public.

a)

Socialism

b)

Laissez-Faire

c)

Trade Unions

d)

Capitalism

8.

The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane.

a)

Child Labor

b)

Mass Production

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

Division of Labor

9.

The production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.

a)

Mass Production

b)

Railroads

c)

Technological Innovation

d)

Factories

10.

Organizations formed by workers to protect their rights and interests.

a)

Trade Unions

b)

Child Labor

c)

Division of Labor

d)

Urbanization

11.

The introduction of new technology which significantly improves a process, product, or service.

a)

Technological Innovation

b)

Mechanization

c)

Steam Engine

d)

Industrialization

12.

A track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.

a)

Railroads

b)

Mass Production

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

Factories

13.

A business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Urbanization

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Trade Unions

14.

The assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people to improve efficiency.

a)

Division of Labor

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Steam Engine

15.

What is the process of changing from working largely or exclusively by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery.

a)
  • Mechanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Child Labor

d)

Technological Innovation