Industrial Revolution Test

1.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which headline would most likely have appeared in a pamphlet during the Industrial Revolution?

“Michelangelo Completes Sistine Chapel”

“Karl Marx Attacks Capitalism”

“Martin Luther Speaks Out Against Sale of Indulgences”

“John Locke Calls for the People to Choose the King”

2.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

A long-term result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe was

an increase in the number of small farms

a decline in international trade

a strengthening of the economic power of the nobility

a general rise in the standard of living

3.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

According to this graph, which town had the largest growth from 1801 to 1861?

Birmingham

Manchester

Leeds

Liverpool

4.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

How come children were used in factories?

They were smaller so they could get into machines easier

They were very expensive

They were better trained to move heavy machines

Children were never used in factories

5.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which economic system allowed private citizens to own the means of production and wanted the most profit.

Communism

Socialism

Capitalism

Feudalism

6.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which economic system allowed citizens or government to own the means of production and wanted the help the citizens prosper.

Communism

Socialism

Capitalism

Feudalism

7.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Eight-hour work days, improved safety measures, and the outlawing of child labor were all accomplishments fought for by?

Business leaders

Labor unions

The bourgeois

Mutual-aid societies

8.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

People moved from cities to farms in the country.

People spent more time with their fighting wars.

People moved from small farms to towns and cities.

People stopped enjoying vacations.

9.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which of the following was NOT a result of The Industrial Revolution?

A decrease in child labor

Migration to rural areas

Pollution

An increase in the middle class

10.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Rapid movement of people from the rural areas to cities in search of industrial jobs was known as:

Industrialization

Urbanization

Depopulation

Migration

11.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

According to this map, which historical event directly influenced the change shown on these maps of Europe?

Puritan Revolution

Congress of Vienna

Fall of the Ottoman Empire

Industrial Revolution

12.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What was one reason the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

The government of Great Britain implemented a series of five-year plans.

Great Britain had alliances with most European countries.

Abundant natural resources were available in Great Britain.

The practice of serfdom in Great Britain provided an abundance of laborers.

13.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?

good harbors

large forests

highland climate

monsoon winds

14.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution developed in Britain because Britain

possessed key factors of production

excluded foreign investors

suppressed the enclosure movement

required a minimum wage be paid to workers

15.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is the term for a person who is willing to take risks and open a business?

Entrepreneur

Conquistador

Norecher

Carpenter

16.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which of the following was not a resource that helped Great Britain become industrialized?

Coal

Water

Uranium

Iron

17.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The graph above shows population growth in four European cities from 1700 to 1900, that is, before and after the Industrial Revolution. Which statement best describes the information in the chart?

All of the cities grew at the same rate.

The increase in population for each city was less than 2 million people.

Paris was the most populous city both before and after the Industrial Revolution.

Berlin’s population in 1900 was four times its size in 1700.

18.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which is NOT a factor of production?

Land

Labor

Capital

Entertainment

19.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is one result of this system? (This map would be entitled "Railroad System, 1890")

Decreased communication

Increased industrial development

Increased cost of production

Decreased price of land

20.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What country did the Industrial Revolution mainly take place in?

Britain

Ireland

America

Japan

21.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The Bessemer converter turns Iron into what?

Steel

Steam

Copper

Tin

22.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

This image represents ...

how machines replaced workers.

how labor unions rose in factories.

how children replaced adults in factories.

how unions pushed for more workers to be hired.

23.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The Industrial revolution created a new ____________ class.

Upper

Poor

Lower

Middle

24.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

__________________ predicted a violent revolution that would result in the working class taking over in a classless political and economic systems known as communism.

John Adams

Thomas Smith

Karl Marx

Edward Jenner

25.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

This picture shows which problem of the factory system?

unsafe working conditions

urbanization

unfair wages for women

child labor

26.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a potential benefit of socialism?

more financial security

anyone can become wealthy

a sense of fairness

government authorities oversee business practices

27.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -

technology

textile

economy

industrialization

28.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is represented in this picture?

Textile mill

The industrial working class

Child labour

Coal mining

29.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

How did the crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields?

By growing crops in all areas of enclosures

By increasing nutrients in the soil

By ensuring that more of the seeds that were planted actually sprouted

By decreasing the amount of land used to grow crops.

30.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Business owned by stockholders

Enclosure

Union

Industrial Revolution

Corporation

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