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Industrialization Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is industrialization?

a)

Making goods by hand

b)

Making goods in factories using machines

c)

Farming with animals

2.

Which of the following helped countries industrialize?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Natural resources

c)

Ice cream shops

3.

What did many people do during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Move to cities for jobs

b)

Go back to farming

c)

Travel for vacation

4.

Which invention helped power factories and trains?

a)

Windmill

b)

Steam engine

c)

Light bulb

5.

What is a factory?

a)

A large farm

b)

A place where machines make goods

c)

A small village

6.

What is labor?

a)

A holiday

b)

Money

c)

Work done by people

7.

Why did factory owners want child workers?

a)

Kids were fun

b)

Kids could be paid less

c)

Kids had more education

8.

What is one bad effect of industrialization?

a)

More clean air

b)

Longer school days

c)

Crowded and dirty cities

9.

What is an entrepreneur?

a)

Someone who starts a business

b)

A king

c)

A teacher

10.

What is capitalism?

a)

Government owns all businesses

b)

People own businesses and compete

c)

Everyone shares everything

11.

What does "laissez-faire" mean?

a)

The government controls everything

b)

The government stays out of business

c)

The people vote every day

12.

What is one way industrialization changed the world?

a)

Fewer people had jobs

b)

People moved to the countryside

c)

New inventions changed how people lived

13.

What is capital in industrialization?

a)

The biggest city in a country

b)

Money used to start or grow a business

c)

A worker who travels

14.

Why were trains important during industrialization?

a)

For exercise

b)

They moved goods and people faster

c)

To fight in wars

15.

What was one effect of new machines in factories?

a)

More jobs disappeared

b)

Workers had more help doing their jobs

c)

Factories got smaller