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The Industrial Revolution Practice Questions 2016

The Industrial Revolution Practice Questions 2016

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(Causes) Which of the following helped British farmers to increase food production in the 1700's?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • They reduced the size of their farms.

  • They hired more peasants to cultivate the land

  • They enclosed the land and increased the size of farms

  • They stopped growing crops and increased the use of sheep and cows

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Frage 2 von 50

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(Causes) The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain because it had all of the following EXCEPT?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Land

  • Capital

  • Regulations

  • Labor

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Frage 3 von 50

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(Causes) The first Industrial Revolution began in what country?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The United States

  • France

  • China

  • Great Britain

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Frage 4 von 50

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(Causes) What were Enclosures?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Large areas of free land given to English peasants.

  • Small plots of peasant land that was bought and fenced by wealthy landowners.

  • Common land that was shared by all the peasants.

  • New areas where coal and iron were mined.

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Frage 5 von 50

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(Causes) During the Agricultural Revolution in the 1700's, wealthy landowners increased food production by:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Using Enclosers and fencing the land

  • Leaving part of the land fallow or unplanted every year.

  • hiring more peasant farm workers

  • giving peasants incentives or bonuses.

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Frage 6 von 50

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(Causes) Which of the following IS A REASON WHY Great Britain was the first nation to industrialize?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • British workers were the highest paid in world.

  • The government owned all the factories and forced workers to work in them.

  • Great Britain had valuable natural resources like coal and iron.

  • Most of the British people were highly educated.

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Frage 7 von 50

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(Causes) What caused the Cottage Industry to disappear during the Industrial Revolution?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The growth of farming output because of Enclosures and selective breeding.

  • England ran out of or depleted the its factors of production like land.

  • New Inventions and machines in textile factories were faster and more productive.

  • The homes had to be destroyed to make room for the new railroads.

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Frage 8 von 50

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(Causes) Why was coal important to the Industrial Revolution?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A. Mining gave jobs to most unemployed farm laborers.

  • B. Coal provided the fuel to power steam engines.

  • C. Exporting coal was Great Britain's largest industry.

  • All the above.

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Frage 9 von 50

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(Causes) Industrialization in the textile industry resulted in:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • higher-paying jobs for industrial workers.

  • the establishment of new inventions and factories.

  • Better working conditions for the Industrial working class.

  • slower production times for textiles.

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Frage 10 von 50

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(Causes) The invention of the steam engine meant that factories:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • could be built anywhere.

  • could only run during daylight hours.

  • could only be built only by rivers or canals.

  • required more raw materials for the factory.

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Frage 11 von 50

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(New Inventions) James Hargreaves

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Cotton Gin

  • Steam Engine

  • Water Mule

  • Spinning Jenny

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Frage 12 von 50

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(New Inventions) Richard Arkwright invented the:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Spinning Jenny

  • Water Frame

  • Steam Engine

  • Seed Drill

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Frage 13 von 50

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(New Inventions) James Watt invented the:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Spinning Jenny

  • Seed Drill

  • Steam Engine

  • Water Frame

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Frage 14 von 50

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(New Inventions) Eli Whitney invented the:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Water Frame

  • Seed Drill

  • Steam Engine

  • Cotton Gin

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Frage 15 von 50

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(New Inventions) Jethro Tull invented the:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Seed Drill

  • Steam Engine

  • Factory

  • Cotton Gin

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Frage 16 von 50

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(Effects) Industrial cities in England grew by the millions due to the?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Decreased mobility of urban factory workers

  • Existence of government built housing

  • Development of factories and the availability of factory jobs

  • A massive drought that destroyed the small rural farmer

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Frage 17 von 50

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(Effects) Which of the following was NOT a danger of being a coal miner?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Explosions and flooding in mines

  • Coal dust harming your lungs

  • Working in dark cramped spaces

  • Getting your hand mutilated in machinery

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Frage 18 von 50

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(Effects) Which of these groups benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Peasant Farmers

  • The Industrial Working Class

  • The Middle Class

  • Aristocratic Landlords

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Frage 19 von 50

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(Effects) Industrial Workers living in the cities often were packed into cramped, dirty, dark, and unhealthy ________________ as they struggled to survive in the slums?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Cottages

  • Tenements

  • Manors

  • Ghetto's

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Frage 20 von 50

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(Effects) The effects of industrialization included which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • High unemployment

  • Rapid urbanization

  • Safer working conditions

  • Shorter work days

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Frage 21 von 50

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(Causes) Buildings where workers came to use machines and performed monotonous jobs were called:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Factories

  • Canals

  • Cottage Industries

  • Enclosures

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Frage 22 von 50

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(Causes) The first machines during the Industrial Revolution were powered by?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Wood

  • Water

  • Coal

  • Gas

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Frage 23 von 50

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(Causes & Effects) What changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • People moved from the cities to farms in the country.

  • The lower class spent more time with their families.

  • People moved from small farms to industrial towns and cities.

  • The lower class started enjoying to travel and take vacations.

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Frage 24 von 50

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(Causes) What machine wove cloth and ended the cottage industries?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Water Frame

  • The Steam Engine

  • Coke Making

  • The Cotton Gin

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Frage 25 von 50

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(Effects) The demand for coal increased as a result of the:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Factories using hydro (water) power to produce manufactured goods.

  • Factories moving from hydro (water) power to using the steam engine.

  • Factories using electricity and power plants.

  • Factories using the coke process to produce gas power.

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Frage 26 von 50

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

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A decrease in child labor

  • An increase in the use of machines

  • A decease in life expectancy for Industrial Workers

  • An increase in urbanization

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Frage 27 von 50

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(Effects) What was the average working day for the Industrial Working Class during the Industrial Revolution?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 6-8 Hours

  • 8-10 Hours

  • 10-12 Hours

  • 12-14 Hours

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Frage 28 von 50

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(Long Term Effects) Which of the following WAS NOT a negative effect of industrialization?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The formation of unions

  • Child labor working in factories

  • Poor living conditions in cities

  • The living conditions in Tenements

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Frage 29 von 50

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(Effects) Which of the following WAS NOT a positive effect of industrialization?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The growth of the new middle class

  • Great Britain grew wealthy as a nation

  • New inventions led to new industries

  • Cities had poor sanitation and pollution

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Frage 30 von 50

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(Effects) Which of the following DID NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Working conditions in mines

  • Educational opportunities

  • The transportation of goods

  • The cost of consumer goods

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Frage 31 von 50

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(Cause & Effects) All of the following were results or effects of the Agricultural Revolution in Britain except:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the prices of food increased

  • the population increased

  • the number of industrial workers increased

  • the size of industrial cities increased

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Frage 32 von 50

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(Effects) Early during the Industrial Revolution most working-class women:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • received the same pay as men.

  • worked only part time at home.

  • received half of the pay of men.

  • worked less then 8 hours a day.

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Frage 33 von 50

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Matching - The Industrial Working Class:

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Had little sympathy for the poor

  • They were entrepreneurs

  • They lived in tenements

  • They were called the Bourgeoisie

  • They worked in factories and mine

  • They were Capitalists

  • They were Methodists and Luddites

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Frage 34 von 50

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Matching - The Upper Class

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Had little sympathy for the poor

  • They were entrepreneurs

  • They lived in tenements

  • They were called the Bourgeoisie by Marx

  • They worked in factories and mines

  • They were the Methodists and Luddites

  • They controlled the Factors of Production

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Frage 35 von 50

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(Economic Systems) The term laissez-faire refers to:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • an extensive government regulation (control) of the economy.

  • the use of a command economy in communism.

  • the minimal or no government regulation (control) of the economy.

  • None of the above

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Frage 36 von 50

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(Economic Systems) Which group in England benefited the most from laissez-faire economics?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The industrial workers

  • the capitalist business owners

  • the government

  • the rural farmers

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Frage 37 von 50

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(Economic Systems) Which of the following is the correct definition for proletariat?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Industrial working class

  • The factory owners

  • The Utopian socialists

  • The communists

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Frage 38 von 50

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(Economic Systems) If the demand for a particular good is great, and the supply for that good is low, then:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the price of the item will go up.

  • the price of the item will go down.

  • the price of the item will stay the same.

  • the price will will crash.

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Frage 39 von 50

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(Economic Systems) According to Karl Marx, history is the record of the:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • granting of more political liberties to all people

  • struggle between classes in society

  • wars and conflicts between national leaders

  • increasing prosperity brought about by industrialization

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Frage 40 von 50

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(Economic Systems) What is communism?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • An economic system based on private ownership of businesses, land, and capital. The people control the economy and what is bought and sold.

  • The government controls all the means of production in all the businesses from the largest factories to the smallest local stores. In this Command Economy the businesses are controlled by the government to help workers.

  • An economic system where the government actively plans the economy like communism but also allows for small scale capitalism.

  • None of the above.

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Frage 41 von 50

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(Economic Systems) What is Capitalism?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The government controls all the means of production in all the businesses from the largest factories to the smallest local stores. In this Command Economy the businesses are controlled by the government to help workers.

  • An economic system where the government actively plans the economy like communism but also allows for small scale capitalism.

  • An economic system based on private ownership of businesses, land, and capital. The people control the economy and what is bought and sold.

  • None of the Above

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Frage 42 von 50

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(Economic Systems) which beliefs match Communism?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Developed by Adam Smith

  • No government is needed

  • The goal is create a classless society

  • The society has three economic social classes

  • The society is based on competition

  • Upper Class and Working Class struggle over wealth

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Frage 43 von 50

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(Economic Systems) Which of the following beliefs match Capitalism?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • The government owns all of the industry

  • Developed by Adam Smith

  • The goal is to bring economic equality

  • Based on the book The Wealth of Nations

  • The system has unequal economic classes

  • The Proletariat carries out a plan to overtake the Upper Class

  • The government makes all of the decisions

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Frage 44 von 50

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(Economic Systems) Under socialism who owns the factors of production?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The individual

  • The invisible hand

  • The factory owner

  • The state

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Frage 45 von 50

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(Economic Systems) Who is considered to be father of capitalism

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Karl Mark

  • Vladimir Lenin

  • James Watts

  • Adam Smith

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Frage 46 von 50

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(Long Term Effects) - The Luddites were:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • were the lowest of unskilled workers in England who lived in the worst conditions.

  • a group that received little support from the people in their areas of activities.

  • Industrial workers who physically attacked machines they believed adversely affected their livelihood.

  • were English coal miners who protesting harsh working conditions and cancer.

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(Long Term Effects) - Who were the Methodists?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, merchants and wealthy farmers. Fastest growing class in England.

  • The lower class who worked in factories with long hours (12+), low wages, horrible working conditions, and with no benefits.

  • A social class that derives social and economic power from employment, education, and wealth.

  • Working class people who found comfort in religion and they channeled the worker's anger from talk of revolution to more positive things and reform.

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Frage 48 von 50

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(Long Term Effect) Which of the following was an attempt to reform or protect workers rights?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Capitalism Acts

  • The Enclosure Acts

  • The Factory Acts

  • The Luddite Acts

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Frage 49 von 50

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(Long Term Effects) Which group fought for the abolition or an end of slavery, Temperance, and equality?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Women

  • The Luddittes

  • Entreprenuers

  • All of the above

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Frage 50 von 50

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(Effects) Which of the following WAS NOT a factor that made factories so profitable?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • factories paid low or fixed wages

  • factories forced workers to work in unhealthy dangerous working conditions

  • factories would only hire skilled workers

  • factories paid women and children 1/2 to 1/10 the wages of adult males

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