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Unit 3 Industrial Revolution Test 25

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Industrial Revolution was a transformation from a rural handicraft economy to an economy:

a)
A. based on farms and hand labor
b)
B. dominated by big cities and machine manufacturing
c)
C. dominated by hand tools and animal power
d)
D. based on outdated imperialist dogma
2.

The idea of using extra money (capital) to invest and to make more money is called:

a)
a. socialism
b)
b. Utilitarianism
c)
c. Capitalism
d)
d. Communism
3.

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, energy to produce goods came from people, and on occasion, livestock. What new energy source drastically altered systems of production and distribution?

a)
A. Fossil Fuels
b)
B. Wind energy
c)
C. Solar Energy
d)

D. Nuclear Energy

4.

Which of the following does NOT describe life before the Industrial Revolution?

a)

rural, handicraft economy

b)

people made their own clothes

c)

people grew their own food

d)

most people migrated to distant countries

5.

Which of the following was NOT an environmental factor that helped Britain industrialize first?

a)
A. Large deposits of coal & iron to fuel and build machines
b)
B. Coal mines were in flat land and coal was close to the surface
c)
C. Britain's natural harbors & navigable rivers
d)
D. Britain's large colonial empire
6.

Which of the following was NOT a part of Britain's financial system that helped launch new industrial ventures?

a)
A. Patent laws protected inventions
b)
B. Britain's powerful navy
c)
C. British banks were willing to loan money to entrepreneurs
d)
D. Britain’s influential merchant class ensured that British laws and government supported manufacturers and traders
7.

Which of the following is NOT a way that farming changed during the Agricultural Revolution?

a)
A. new technology like Jethro Tull’s seed drill
b)
B. farmers experimented more
c)
C. farmers used GASOLINE powered tillers to turn the ground
d)
D. farmers used crop rotation to increase yields
8.

Which of the following is NOT true of the enclosure movement?

a)
A. small farmers were forced off land
b)
B. large farmers experimented more
c)
C. production increased
d)
D. spinning cotton moved indoors
9.

Which of the following is NOT true of the steam engine after James Watt improved its design?

a)
A. it helped pump water out of mines
b)
B. it increased farm production
c)
C. it revolutionized transportation with locomotives and steamboats
d)
D. it operated machinery in textile (cotton) mills
10.

Which of the following countries was the first to industrialize?

a)
A. France
b)
B. Greenland
c)
C. Germany
d)
D. England
11.

Extra money that can be invested in business is called:

a)
A. middle class
b)

B. stocks

c)
C. capital
d)
D. cash on hand
12.

The movement of people from rural areas to the cities is called:

a)
A. ruralization
b)
B. urbanization
c)
C. life in the big city
d)
D. Industrialization
13.

Which of the following is NOT one of the abuses children faced at work during the 1800s?

a)
A. long hours
b)
B. dangerous conditions
c)
C. disability insurance
d)
D. little food or time to eat
14.

Which of the following is NOT a problem with living conditions faced by the industrial working class?

a)
A. they lived in packed tenement houses
b)
B. no running water, only community pumps
c)
C. no sewage or sanitation systems
d)
D. homes too big to keep up
15.

Which of the following is NOT one of the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?

a)
A. It created jobs for workers
b)
B. It eventually raised the standard of living for most people
c)
C. Children worked long hours in difficult conditions to help their families
d)
D. It promoted technological progress and invention
e)
E. Mass produced clothing was more economical.
16.

True or False: Steam and electric power helped accelerate the pace of change during Industrial Revolution

a)
True
b)
False
17.

True or False: The growing commercial class in Europe (manufacturers, merchants etc.) was persecuted (looked down upon) by their governments.

a)
True
b)
False
18.

Why did the population increase greatly during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

People ate better

b)

improved hygiene and sanitation

c)

improved medical care

d)

All of the above

19.

Which of the following in NOT a reason England began to industrialize before other nations?

a)

A. natural resources-coal & iron

b)
B. system of canals, rivers & roads to help transportation
c)
C. abundance of capital
d)
D. large population of foreign workers
20.

Which of the following is NOT an immediate effect of the industrial revolution?

a)
A. new financing strategies and international economy
b)

B. Hitler's rise to power

c)
C. rise of powerful middle class
d)
D. Rapid growth of cities
e)
E. population explosion
21.

This man's invention of the “Cotton Gin” separated seeds from cotton doing the work of 50 men.

a)
A. Thomas Edison
b)
B. James Hargraves
c)
C. Eli Whitney
d)
D. Sir Robin, the Brave, but not quite so brave as Sir Galahad
22.

A government tax on imports is called a:

a)
A. Levy
b)
B. Surtax
c)
C. Regressive Tax
d)
D. Tariff
23.

Working conditions in factories were often horrendous. What, then, attracted people into cities to work in these industrial factories?

a)
A. Chances to live in cities & enjoy urban life
b)
B. Jobs & opportunity for social mobility
c)
C. Strong sense of community
d)
D. Fewer taxes on city dwellers
24.

A government grant to an inventor, giving for a specified period of time the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invented device, process, or the like is called:

a)
A. a patent
b)
B. Copywrong
c)

C. a diphthong

d)

d. All of the others

25.

The huge increase in food production due to improved farming methods that preceded the industrial revolution came to be known as the:

a)
A. Enclosure movement
b)
B. Farmer's Union
c)
C. Labor Movement
d)
D. Agricultural Revolution
26.

This man’s improvement of the steam engine, powered machinery in factories, and revolutionized transportation with trains and steamboats:

a)
A. Eli Whitney
b)
B. Thomas Edison
c)
C. James Watt
d)
D. Buzz Lightyear
27.

Taking the complex job of assembling a product broken down into a series of small tasks is called:

a)
A. an assembly line
b)
B. Mass Production
c)
C. miniaturization
d)
D. Pasturization
28.

Which of the following in NOT a reason England began to industrialize before other nations?

a)

A. natural resources-coal & iron

b)
B. system of canals, rivers & roads to help transportation
c)
C. abundance of capital
d)
D. large population of foreign workers
29.

The Industrial Revolution led to great changes in human communities. What process occurred as a direct result of the demand for industrial workers, the loss of agricultural work due to enclosure movement, and eventually led to new forms of community?

a)

Urbanization

b)

ruralization

c)

Constipation

d)

capitalization

30.

What type of data can we use as evidence to understand direct effects of the Industrial Revolution on human communities?

a)

The percentage of agricultural workers in the eighteenth century as compared to today

b)

The speed and distance of travel in the 1700's as compared to today.

c)

The change in the last two hundred years in how humans perceive time

d)

The increase in horses racing in the Kentucky Derby