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WorksheetsUnit 8 Industrialization Quiz Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
A steam engine is a...
...game.
...power source.
...vehicle.
...living thing.
Why was the steamboat created?
To make water travel easier and faster.
They would be more fun to ride on than a canoe.
They were bigger than other boats.
What advantages did the railroad (trains) have over steamboats? (Select ALL correct answers)
You could travel during the winter
It was faster
They made cooler noises
You could travel to places that weren't on water
Another word used to describe a free enterprise system is:
communism
capitalism
nationalism
none of the above
In a free enterprise system, the government places ________________ restrictions on businesses and its citizens:
minimum
maximum
normal
abnormal
A government which uses a free enterprise system of economics, allows its citizens to:
Start their own business
purchase goods wherever
spend their money as they please
all of the above
In a free enterprise system, the spending habits of _____ determine which products and services to offer:
Consumers
Government
Professors
Politicians
This is an individual who purchases a good or service for their own consumption:
Consumer
Profit
Entrepreneur
Economist
What is a major result of the Irish Potato Famine
the migration of millions to America and Canada
The need for reliance on a single crop
The benefits of imperialism and capitalism
The significance of British rule in Ireland
How did canals impact trade? *select 2 answers*
Increased the time it took to travel across regions
Decreased travel time for shipping goods
Decreased the costs of shipping goods
Decreased trade between the North and South
Identify advantages the railroad provided.
Faster and cheaper then traveling by land
Improved trade
Improved settlement
Easier to travel up river
Identify advantages of steamboats.
Can travel against current up river
Easier to travel through mountains
Cheaper than traveling by land
Increased trade and settlement
What is the benefit of interchangeable parts when something breaks?
C) Makes repairing things more difficult
B) Makes the product more expensive
D) Has no impact on the repair
A) Makes repairing things cheaper and faster
Machines run by ______ replaced skilled workers
Robots
Unskilled workers
Skilled workers
Which of the following TWO groups of people made up the majority of workers on the Transcontinental Railroad?
Native Americans
Poor American farmers
Irish Immigrants
Chinese Immigrants
Spanish immigrants
What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?
The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.
The workers started fighting with them.
The railroad kept them from migrating.
Native Americans didn't like trains.
What did Eli Whitney invent in 1793 that helped farming in the South?
steam engine
assembly line
cotton gin
machine gun
Who invented the telegraph?
Isaac Singer
Cyrus McCormick
Samuel F.B. Morse
John Deere
