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The Industrial Revolution Practice Questions 2016

Pregunta 1 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Land

  • Capital

  • Regulations

  • Labor

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The United States

  • France

  • China

  • Great Britain

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 50

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(Causes) What were Enclosures?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 50

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(Causes) Industrialization in the textile industry resulted in:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 50

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(New Inventions) James Hargreaves

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Cotton Gin

  • Steam Engine

  • Water Mule

  • Spinning Jenny

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 50

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(New Inventions) Richard Arkwright invented the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Spinning Jenny

  • Water Frame

  • Steam Engine

  • Seed Drill

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 50

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(New Inventions) James Watt invented the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Spinning Jenny

  • Seed Drill

  • Steam Engine

  • Water Frame

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 50

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(New Inventions) Eli Whitney invented the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Water Frame

  • Seed Drill

  • Steam Engine

  • Cotton Gin

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 50

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(New Inventions) Jethro Tull invented the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Seed Drill

  • Steam Engine

  • Factory

  • Cotton Gin

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Explosions and flooding in mines

  • Coal dust harming your lungs

  • Working in dark cramped spaces

  • Getting your hand mutilated in machinery

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Peasant Farmers

  • The Industrial Working Class

  • The Middle Class

  • Aristocratic Landlords

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Cottages

  • Tenements

  • Manors

  • Ghetto's

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • High unemployment

  • Rapid urbanization

  • Safer working conditions

  • Shorter work days

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Factories

  • Canals

  • Cottage Industries

  • Enclosures

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Wood

  • Water

  • Coal

  • Gas

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Water Frame

  • The Steam Engine

  • Coke Making

  • The Cotton Gin

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A decrease in child labor

  • An increase in the use of machines

  • A decease in life expectancy for Industrial Workers

  • An increase in urbanization

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 6-8 Hours

  • 8-10 Hours

  • 10-12 Hours

  • 12-14 Hours

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The formation of unions

  • Child labor working in factories

  • Poor living conditions in cities

  • The living conditions in Tenements

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Working conditions in mines

  • Educational opportunities

  • The transportation of goods

  • The cost of consumer goods

Explicación

Pregunta 31 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the prices of food increased

  • the population increased

  • the number of industrial workers increased

  • the size of industrial cities increased

Explicación

Pregunta 32 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 33 de 50

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Matching - The Industrial Working Class:

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 34 de 50

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Matching - The Upper Class

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 35 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 36 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The industrial workers

  • the capitalist business owners

  • the government

  • the rural farmers

Explicación

Pregunta 37 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Industrial working class

  • The factory owners

  • The Utopian socialists

  • The communists

Explicación

Pregunta 38 de 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:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 39 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 40 de 50

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(Economic Systems) What is communism?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 41 de 50

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(Economic Systems) What is Capitalism?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 42 de 50

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(Economic Systems) which beliefs match Communism?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 43 de 50

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

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 44 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The individual

  • The invisible hand

  • The factory owner

  • The state

Explicación

Pregunta 45 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Karl Mark

  • Vladimir Lenin

  • James Watts

  • Adam Smith

Explicación

Pregunta 46 de 50

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(Long Term Effects) - The Luddites were:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 47 de 50

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(Long Term Effects) - Who were the Methodists?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 48 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Capitalism Acts

  • The Enclosure Acts

  • The Factory Acts

  • The Luddite Acts

Explicación

Pregunta 49 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Women

  • The Luddittes

  • Entreprenuers

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 50 de 50

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

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