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Unit 5.3 Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following did NOT contribute to Britain’s Industrial Revolution?

a)

powerful monarchy

b)

large labor force

c)

improved food supplies

d)

abundant money supply

2.

Which country had a much lower standard of living during the Second Industrial Revolution?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Spain

3.

The Industrial Revolution created new jobs in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

railroad construction.

b)

factory production.

c)

coal mining.

d)

farming.

4.

The internal-combustion engine gave rise to

a)

conveyor belts and factory lights.

b)

automobiles, airplanes, and improved ocean liners.

c)

streetcars and subways powered by electricity.

d)

a true American economy.

5.

Compulsory elementary education eventually created a new demand for all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Teachers

b)

female colleges

c)

newspapers

d)

religious freedom

6.

This party based its theories on the work of Karl Marx.

a)

Socialist

b)

moderate

c)

liberal

d)

Capitalist

7.

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the __________.

a)

emergence of the middle class and the working class.

b)

growing death rates, due to accidents on the highways.

c)

thick air pollution that choked the British Isles.

d)

widespread famines caused by families abandoning their farms.

8.

What is one way improved agriculture contributed to population growth?

a)

It led to better sanitation.

b)

It created a surplus of food.

c)

It meant that horses could be used for transportation.

d)

It led to the production of more wool for warm clothing

9.

Which of the following contributed to Britain’s Industrial Revolution?

a)

Large labor force

b)

decreasing food supplies

c)

powerful monarchy

d)

decreasing money supply

10.

According to Marx, the means of production were owned by

a)

the ruling class oppressors

b)

the working class oppressed

c)

the government

d)

the proletariat

11.

How did the Industrial Revolution changed the quality of life for the average person in Europe and North America.

a)

Leisure activities

b)

better living conditions

c)

higher wages

d)

all of the above

12.

The inventions of Watt, Hargreaves, and Cartwright contributed to the manufacture of

a)

cotton cloth.

b)

weapons

c)

appliances

d)

ships

13.

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the

a)

thick air pollution that choked the British Isles.

b)

growing death rates.

c)

emergence of the middle class and the working class.

d)

widespread famines caused by families abandoning their farms.

14.

An Entrepreneur is someone who...

a)

incurs malice upon workers.

b)

is a farmer

c)

loses money

d)

risks their own money to make money.

15.

In the Second Industrial Revolution, what products/ideas led the way to new industrial frontiers?

a)

textiles, railroads, iron, and coal

b)

a true world economy, internal-combustion engines, and new products

c)

radios, telephones, light bulbs, and telegraphs

d)

steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum

16.

According to the ideas of socialism, public ownership of the means of production would

a)

result in technological innovation and advancement.

b)

allow wealth to be distributed more equitably to everyone.

c)

support competition and entrepreneurship.

d)

allow the industry to more quickly respond to supply and demand in the marketplace.

17.

The pitiful conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to

a)

the Iron Workers’ Revolt of 1986.

b)

a mass exodus from the cities back to the farms.

c)

socialism, in which society owns and controls the means of production.

d)

a cry for rights for animals that worked in coal mines.

18.

Who invented the first internal combustion car?

a)

Horace E Dodge

b)

Louis Chevrolet

c)

Karl Benz

d)

Henry Ford

19.

The production of ____ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.

a)

automobiles

b)

cotton cloth

c)

toys

d)

furniture

20.

Capitalism is best defined as...

a)

a system in which the workers provide for the government.

b)

buyers and sellers are controlled by laws and restrictions.

c)

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

d)

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by the communist government, rather than by the individual.

21.

The Model-T was the first mass produced car that used the idea of having an assembly line to produce them. Who is the inventor of this car?

a)

Horace E Dodge

b)

Louis Chevrolet

c)

Karl Benz

d)

Henry Ford

22.

Railroads made it faster and inexpensive to ship goods farther and faster than other methods of shipping at the time.

a)

True

b)

False