WorksheetsCottage Industry and the Agricultural Revolution
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the main people that were apart of the cottage industry?
a)
Farmers and land owners
b)
merchants and factory workers
c)
farmers and merchants
d)
factory workers and farmers
2.
Which of the following was not an invention during the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
plow
b)
tractor
c)
seed drill
d)
reaper
3.
What best describes the way of life in the cottage industry?
a)
Farmers and merchants work together to make an equal amount of profit on material
b)
Merchants create cloth from the resources farmers grow to make a profit
c)
Merchants have farmers create the cloth and pay them little to do the work and in turn make a large profit
d)
Farmers grow the crops and make a large profit by selling the products to the merchants
4.
What was a negative impact on farmers when the inventions started to be used?
a)
as many farmers were no longer needed because the inventions were doing most of the work for them
b)
Farmers were getting a lot of crops too fast and they were starting to go bad
c)
Merchants figured out how to make their own crops so they weren't buying them as often
5.
Why did the farmers work for little pay on such a hard job?
a)
They werent making enough money selling the crops they produced.
b)
They didn't have work during the winter months so it was a little income.
c)
Merchants lied to them telling them they would get paid alot more by making the goods.
6.
What did the plow do?
a)
drainage for the crops
b)
plowed down the wheat for the farmers to collect
c)
dug ditches for seeds
d)
planted seeds
7.
What did the seed drill do?
a)
drainage for the crops
b)
plowed down the wheat for the farmers to collect
c)
dug ditches for seeds
d)
planted seeds
8.
What did the reaper do?
a)
drainage for the crops
b)
cut down the wheat for the farmers to collect
c)
dug ditches for seeds
d)
planted seeds
9.
Why did the agricultural revolution have such a large impact on the industrial revolution?
a)
Farmers were put out of jobs and had to move to the city to work in factories
b)
the inventions created made factory life easier
c)
It didn't.
d)
It allowed factories to be created on the country side
10.
What product was made in the cottage industry?
a)
silk
b)
velvet
c)
inventions
d)
cloth
11.
Which was not a process in creating cloth?
a)
Dying the wool
b)
cleaning the wool
c)
threading the wool
d)
growing the wool
12.
The big city ended up having 3 times the population in a short amount of time sparking the industrial revolution. Why did this happen?
a)
People heard about all the job opportunities and wanted more money
b)
less farmers were needed so the protested and went on strike and moved.
c)
inventions took away a lot of farming jobs so the farmers had to move
d)
the merchants recruited people to come to the city and do their work
13.
Which of the following is the best statement to use about the Cottage Industry?
a)
Inventions were created to better help farmers produce crops faster and it was easier on their bodies but it took a lot of jobs away from farmers
b)
Merchants made a large profit on goods by having farmers do the work in the winter months for little pay
14.
Which of the following is the best statement to use about the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
Inventions were created to better help farmers produce crops faster and it was easier on their bodies but it took a lot of jobs away from farmers
b)
Merchants made a large profit on goods by having farmers do the work in the winter months for little pay
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