WorksheetsImpact of the Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is child labor?
Children going to school
Children working in factories
Children playing at home
Children helping with homework
Which invention helped make cloth faster during the Industrial Revolution?
Steam engine
Spinning Jenny
Telephone
Airplane
What does urbanization mean?
Moving to the countryside
Moving to cities
Planting more trees
Building farms
Who usually worked long hours in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
Only adults
Only children
Both adults and children
Only teachers
Which machine was important for transportation during the Industrial Revolution?
Bicycle
Steam locomotive
Computer
Television
What happened to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
They became smaller
They grew larger
They disappeared
They turned into farms
Which group gained more money and power during the Industrial Revolution?
Factory owners
Farmers
Teachers
Children
What is one effect of child labor on children?
They learned new games
They missed school
They traveled the world
They became teachers
Why did many people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
To find factory jobs
To plant crops
To go camping
To visit family
How did the steam engine help factories?
It made food
It powered machines
It cleaned the floors
It taught workers
What was a problem caused by many people living in cities?
More playgrounds
Crowded homes
More farms
Fewer schools
How did new machines change the way people worked?
People worked slower
People worked faster
People stopped working
People worked outside
Why did some children have to work in factories?
To help their families earn money
To learn math
To play with friends
To become doctors
How did the Industrial Revolution change social classes?
Everyone became rich
Some people became very rich, others stayed poor
Everyone became poor
Only children became rich
What is one way the Industrial Revolution helped the economy grow?
By making more toys
By producing more goods quickly
By closing factories
By stopping trade
Imagine you are a child working in a factory. What might you feel?
Tired and sad
Excited to play
Happy to learn
Ready to travel
If a city grows very fast, what problems could happen?
More space for everyone
Not enough homes and schools
More trees
Fewer jobs
How could new machines in factories change families’ lives?
Families could earn more money
Families would have less food
Families would travel more
Families would stop working
Why might some people think child labor is unfair?
Children get to play
Children miss school and work too hard
Children become rich
Children eat more food
How did the Industrial Revolution make life different for rich and poor people?
Both groups lived the same way
Rich people had more money and comfort, poor people worked harder
Poor people became rich
Rich people became poor
