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Social Studies
8th
grade
Inventions of the industrial revolution 8th period
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.CartelCorporationFactoryUrbanization
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy were railroads so important during this time?they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distancesthey were fun to ride on to go visit family in other statespeople could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich group settled in California and helped build the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad?IrishChineseGermanScandinavian
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who created the telegraph?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
The Wright Brothers
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way cotton was processed?
Cotton Gin
Spinning Jenny
Bessemer Steel Process
Light Bulb
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who invented the cotton gin?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Edison
- 7. Multiple Choice
The cotton gin was invented in...
1776
1793
1807
1888
- 8. Multiple Choice
One negative effect of the cotton gin was...
cotton became more profitable for farmers...
The number of slaves needed decreased
The number of slaves needed increased
Jobs began to disappear
- 9. Multiple Choice
The steamboat was invented in...
1749
1908
1807
1888
- 10. Multiple Choice
Steam boats are powered by
wood burning stoves
diesel gasoline engine
sails
steam engine
- 11. Multiple Choice
The builder/inventor of the first steamboat was
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of an entrepreneur?
An entrepreneur is a person who takes a financial risk by putting up money to start a new business.
An entrepreneur is a person who takes NO financial risk by NOT putting up money to start a new business.
An entrepreneur is another name for a merchant or business owner
- 13. Multiple Choice
What are the 3 types of economic systems?
Traditional economy, Command economy, Market economy
Traditional economy, Collective economy, Merchant economy
Non-traditional economy, Command economy, Market economy
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of crop rotation?
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every other year to help the soil remain fertile.
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every three years to help the soil remain fertile.
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every year to help the soil remain fertile.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of capitalism?
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by public owners for profit.
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.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which country was known as the "workshop of the world?"
Finland
Ireland
Great Britain
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did James Watt invent during the Industrial Revolution?
The steam engine
The spinning jenny
The iron plow
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of "textiles?"
a type of cloth or woven fabric.
relating to fabric or weaving.
Both A and B
- 19. Multiple Choice
What was Eli Whitney's most well-known invention called?
Interchangeable Parts
The Cotton Gin
The Assembly Line
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton in the U.S. (1807)
Cyrus McCormick (1834)
Sir Henry Bessemer in England (1856)
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