WorksheetsUnit 3 Exam Review: Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a utopia?
a)
Refusal to work until changes are made
b)
An ideal society
c)
Changes for the better
d)
A type of factory
2.
What does it mean to strike?
a)
When people move into the cities
b)
To create an ideal society
c)
A refusal to work until changes are made
d)
A protest demanding change
3.
What are reforms?
a)
Changes for the better
b)
Changes that make things worse
c)
Mass movement of people to cities
d)
Refusal to work until changes are made
4.
What is urbanization?
a)
The rapid development of machine goods
b)
The mass movement of people into cities
c)
Changes for the better
d)
The rapid development of agriculture
5.
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
England
b)
Germany
c)
The United States
d)
France
6.
How did we define Industrial Revolution in this course?
a)
The mass movement of people into cities
b)
The rapid development and output of machine goods
c)
When a strong country takes over a weak country
d)
The beginning of child labor
7.
What book did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles write?
a)
The Wealth of Nations
b)
Principle of Populations
c)
The Communist Manifesto
d)
The Declaration of Independence
8.
What is a union?
a)
A group of factory owners
b)
An organization of workers
c)
A social group
d)
A group of child coal miners
9.
What book did Adam Smith write?
a)
The Wealth of Nations
b)
Principle of Populations
c)
The Communist Manifesto
d)
The Declaration of Independence
10.
Around what year did the Industrial Revolution in England begin?
a)
1650s
b)
1850s
c)
1750s
d)
1900s
11.
Planting different crops on the same land in different seasons is called:
a)
Selective Breeding
b)
Crop Cycling
c)
Enclosures
d)
Crop Rotation
12.
Fencing off property is called:
a)
Selective Breeding
b)
Crop Cycling
c)
Enclosures
d)
Crop Rotation
13.
What contributed to the reduction of child labor and eventual legislation passed to put legal limits on the use of child labor in industrialized countries?
a)
Child labor unions
b)
World War I
c)
Mass deaths and injuries of child laborers
d)
Public education and reformers
14.
All of the following statements about England’s population in the 1700s are TRUE EXCEPT
a)
The population increased because of better food supply and nutrition
b)
The population of England greatly decreased during this time allowing less need for food
c)
Population growth supplied needed workers for factories
d)
Less of the population needed to farm after the Agricultural Revolution
15.
Conditions that favored England in the Industrial Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
A small population (no workers for factories)
b)
The abundance of flowing water, coal, iron ore and sea ports
c)
A favorable climate for new ideas and innovations
d)
Political stability
16.
The first type of work to be industrialized in England was
a)
Textiles
b)
Coal mining
c)
Ship building
d)
Railroads
17.
All of the following developments set the stage for the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT
a)
Development of new crops that replenish nutrients in the soil
b)
Improvements in railway technology
c)
Use of new inventions like the seed drill
d)
Allowing only the best animals to breed (selective breeding)
18.
How did the crop rotation system that developed in England during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields?
a)
By allowing more land to rest since no plants were planted in certain plots
b)
Increasing nutrients in the soil by changing the plants that were planted each season
c)
Securing that more of the seeds that were planted actually sprouted by using new inventions
d)
Decreasing the amount of land used to grow nutrient-depleting crops
19.
Despite the problems that followed industrialization, the Industrial Revolution had a number of positive effects such as
a)
Creating new kinds of jobs for workers
b)
Wealth and power to nations who industrialized
c)
Technological progress and inventions
d)
All of the above
20.
What economic policy did Adam Smith favor?
a)
Strong government intervention
b)
Utilitarianism
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
All of the above
21.
All early factories had to be located
a)
At or above sea level
b)
Near a source of lumber
c)
Near a river (for water power)
d)
Near or on a major railway line (for transportation)
22.
The newest type of engine developed for industrial use during the late 1700s was powered by (Hint: used for train engines)
a)
Steam
b)
Electricity
c)
Gasoline
d)
Running water
23.
In an essay entitled “Principle of Population,” who argued that population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply thus justifying poverty.
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Thomas Malthus
c)
David Ricardo
d)
Jeremy Bentham
24.
Which of the following economic systems is based on the investment of money for profit?
a)
Socialism
b)
Feudalism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Communism
25.
Who introduced the philosophy of Utilitarianism?
a)
Jeremy Bentham
b)
John Stuart Mill
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Thomas Malthus
26.
Who improved working conditions for his employees by building houses for low rent, prohibited children under ten working in factories and provided free schooling?
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Karl Marx
c)
John Stuart Mill
d)
Robert Owen
27.
A form of complete socialism in which the means of production such as land, mines, factories, railroads and businesses would be owned by the people and shared equally with no private property is called what?
a)
Utilitarianism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
28.
An economic system where the Factors of Production are owned by the public and operated for the benefit of all is known as what? (Hint: public school is an example)
a)
Utilitarianism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
29.
Hours and working conditions in early factories typically included
a)
5-6 hours a day and a health plan
b)
12-16 hours a day with dirty, crowded and dangerous conditions
c)
12-16 hours a day with overtime and some unemployment benefits
d)
24-48 hours without a break lifting heavy machinery
30.
Factory owners and other business owners hire children as young as 3 during the Industrial Revolution because
a)
they could pay them less
b)
they could fit into small spaces (like chimneys)
c)
families needed them to work (needed the income to help the family pay for necessities)
d)
All of the above
31.
Samuel Crompton, Jethro Tull, James Hargreaves, John McAdams and Robert Fulton were all significant
a)
Investors
b)
Philosophers
c)
Reformers
d)
Inventors
32.
Utilitarianism held that government policies should promote
a)
wars and epidemics to kill off excess people
b)
public ownership of the means of production
c)
the complete independence of each individual
d)
the greatest good for the greatest number of people
33.
In the 19th Century, collective bargaining was carried out between
a)
governments and unions
b)
workers in unions and industrialist
c)
communists and capitalists
d)
political and financial leaders
34.
When the trade union movement began in England, strikes were actions taken against
a)
child laborers by factory owners
b)
union workers by factory owners
c)
factory owners by union workers
d)
non union workers by union workers
35.
Which of the following statements best describes the EVENTUAL LONG TERM effects of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
long working hours for children
b)
improved living and working conditions (better standard of living)
c)
less crowded cities
d)
fewer inventions and innovations
36.
The Industrial Revolution spread to all of the following countries EXCEPT
a)
the United States
b)
France
c)
Africa
d)
Germany
37.
The Industrial Revolution spread despite
a)
Other countries not having the factors of productions
b)
England wanting to keep it all to themselves
c)
the War of 1812
d)
United States preventing engineers, mechanics and toolmakers from leaving the country
38.
The German’s concentrated more on the production of this during their industrial revolution.
a)
textiles
b)
railroads
c)
weapons
d)
large buildings
39.
How did the Industrial Revolution spread to Belgium?
a)
Secret plans were carried over (smuggled)
b)
England traded plans for the factories for money
c)
Samuel Slater set up a factory in Belgium
d)
Belgium was the first place to industrialize
40.
Why were some countries unable to industrialize?
a)
they did not want to
b)
workers refused to work
c)
They did not have all the factors of production
d)
lack of good roads and transportation
41.
Who memorized how to build an English spinning machine and brought industry to the US?
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Samuel Slater
c)
Jeremy Bentham
d)
Robert Owen
42.
The factors of production include all of the following EXCEPT
a)
Land
b)
Labor
c)
Capital
d)
Democracy
43.
All of the following were conditions experienced by workers at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT
a)
high wages (pay)
b)
long hours
c)
unsafe working conditions
d)
dirty environment
44.
The Industrial Revolution caused all of the following EXCEPT
a)
crowded cities
b)
cleaner streets
c)
pollution
d)
unsanitary conditions
45.
Who made up the lower class (poor) during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
factory workers
b)
lawyers
c)
government employees
d)
the bourgeoisie
46.
How did the early Industrial Revolution affect cities?
a)
the cities grew larger as people moved away from farms
b)
living conditions improved immediately
c)
the cities grew smaller as people moved to farms
d)
more money went to improving cities making them great places to live
47.
Laissez-Faire means
a)
Strong government intervention
b)
free trade (“let it be”)
c)
Utopian socialism
d)
Communism
48.
Which statement best describes how changes in agriculture supported the early Industrial Revolution?
a)
The enclosure movement created a large class of unemployed agricultural workers (workers for the factory)
b)
As farming became more profitable, demand for manufactured goods increased.
c)
Industrial machinery was needed for crop rotation.
d)
The growth of canals and railroads made it easier to ship farm products to industrial cities.
49.
The Industrial Revolution would not have occurred if the _____________ did not occur first.
a)
French Revolution
b)
Agricultural Revolution
c)
American Revolution
d)
Irish Potato Famine
50.
In socialism, a government should plan the economy; this is also known as
a)
“Planned Economy”
b)
“Free Economy”
c)
“Command Economy”
d)
Communism
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