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Industrial Revolution Review Quiz

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Review quiz for the Industrial Revolution
K. Asher
Quiz by K. Asher, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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Which of the following was a major reason why the Industrial Revolution began in England?
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  • A widespread educational system
  • A large collection of colonies
  • Abundant coal and iron ore deposits
  • The abundance of factories

Question 2

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The Industrial Revolution impacted rural-to-urban migration by…
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  • Causing people to give up farming and search for jobs in cities
  • Forcing people to migrate to new countries
  • Making people move closer to sources of water
  • Spreading industrialization across the European continent

Question 3

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How did the Agricultural Revolution affect the people of England?
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  • Decreased the amount of food each individual farmer could produce
  • Forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or move to the cities
  • Drove down the price of crops because there were more crops available for people to buy
  • Encouraged more people to become farmers because they could earn more money and do less work

Question 4

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Which of the factors that led Great Britain to the Industrial Revolution is indicated on the map?
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  • Great Britain had a rising population and wealth from increasing world trade.
  • Great Britain had an abundance of natural resources, including coal, iron, rivers and harbors.
  • Great Britain had economic prosperity and progress.
  • Great Britain had experienced entrepreneurs and political stability

Question 5

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What were the working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?
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  • The work was repetitive and boring. It often resulted in people falling asleep on the job.
  • Though work was dangerous, factories set up sick and injured leave for those who needed it.
  • Workers spent long hours in the factories, often fourteen hours a day, six days a week.
  • Workers under the age of 15 were not hired to work in the factories because owners did not want the children to get hurt around the dangerous

Question 6

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During the Industrial Revolution, what fuel was used to power new transportation?
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  • Coal
  • Iron
  • Gasoline
  • Water

Question 7

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The first industry to benefit from industrialization was
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  • transportation
  • agriculture
  • textiles
  • communication

Question 8

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The Agricultural Revolution was a change in farming methods and crops that resulted in
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  • rich farmers sharing agricultural techniques with poor farmers.
  • widespread starvation
  • rich farmers “enclosing” their lands and poor farmers becoming landless
  • rich farmers refusing to plant on their lands, thereby causing a famine.

Question 9

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Industrial work had an enormous impact on the family because
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  • it provided a steady income for families.
  • children were happier in factories than on farms.
  • work was now removed from the home and family members were separated all day.
  • the move to the city made families happier and more stable.

Question 10

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The cotton boom enriched planters as well as manufacturers and
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  • made many share croppers rich.
  • lowered the demand for wool.
  • created a high demand for slaves.
  • lowered the demand for silk.

Question 11

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Land, capital, and labor are attributed to the
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  • Enclosure Movement
  • Agriculture Revolution
  • Factors of Production
  • Imperialism

Question 12

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The system in which men and women work in their home is known as the
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  • Factory System
  • The Domestic System
  • The Cottage Industry
  • Home System

Question 13

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Identify everything that applies to the Factory System.
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  • It concentrated production in one place
  • It increased the prices of goods
  • It needed to be located near a source of power
  • It required a lot of capital
  • It led to the Domestic System

Question 14

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Richard Arkwright's machine led to the formation of the Factory System for all the following reasons.
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  • It required coal to operate
  • It was too big to be used in houses
  • It had to be located by a water source
  • It was too expensive
  • It required a lot of people to work the machine

Question 15

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Identify all the problems with water power.
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  • there was not enough rivers to provide the power needed to run the machine
  • rivers and streams might be far removed from raw materials, workers, forms of transportation and markets
  • rivers are prone to flooding and drying
  • rivers were close to major cities and transportation
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