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The Industrial Revolution Practice Questions 2016

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10th Grade World History (The Industrial Revolution) Quiz sobre The Industrial Revolution Practice Questions 2016, criado por Chris Barth em 07-01-2016.
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Questão 1

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

Questão 2

Questão
(Causes) The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain because it had all of the following EXCEPT?
Responda
  • Land
  • Capital
  • Regulations
  • Labor

Questão 3

Questão
(Causes) The first Industrial Revolution began in what country?
Responda
  • The United States
  • France
  • China
  • Great Britain

Questão 4

Questão
(Causes) What were Enclosures?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 5

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

Questão 6

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

Questão 7

Questão
(Causes) What caused the Cottage Industry to disappear during the Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 8

Questão
(Causes) Why was coal important to the Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 9

Questão
(Causes) Industrialization in the textile industry resulted in:
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 10

Questão
(Causes) The invention of the steam engine meant that factories:
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 11

Questão
(New Inventions) James Hargreaves
Responda
  • Cotton Gin
  • Steam Engine
  • Water Mule
  • Spinning Jenny

Questão 12

Questão
(New Inventions) Richard Arkwright invented the:
Responda
  • Spinning Jenny
  • Water Frame
  • Steam Engine
  • Seed Drill

Questão 13

Questão
(New Inventions) James Watt invented the:
Responda
  • Spinning Jenny
  • Seed Drill
  • Steam Engine
  • Water Frame

Questão 14

Questão
(New Inventions) Eli Whitney invented the:
Responda
  • Water Frame
  • Seed Drill
  • Steam Engine
  • Cotton Gin

Questão 15

Questão
(New Inventions) Jethro Tull invented the:
Responda
  • Seed Drill
  • Steam Engine
  • Factory
  • Cotton Gin

Questão 16

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

Questão 17

Questão
(Effects) Which of the following was NOT a danger of being a coal miner?
Responda
  • Explosions and flooding in mines
  • Coal dust harming your lungs
  • Working in dark cramped spaces
  • Getting your hand mutilated in machinery

Questão 18

Questão
(Effects) Which of these groups benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • Peasant Farmers
  • The Industrial Working Class
  • The Middle Class
  • Aristocratic Landlords

Questão 19

Questão
(Effects) Industrial Workers living in the cities often were packed into cramped, dirty, dark, and unhealthy ________________ as they struggled to survive in the slums?
Responda
  • Cottages
  • Tenements
  • Manors
  • Ghetto's

Questão 20

Questão
(Effects) The effects of industrialization included which of the following?
Responda
  • High unemployment
  • Rapid urbanization
  • Safer working conditions
  • Shorter work days

Questão 21

Questão
(Causes) Buildings where workers came to use machines and performed monotonous jobs were called:
Responda
  • Factories
  • Canals
  • Cottage Industries
  • Enclosures

Questão 22

Questão
(Causes) The first machines during the Industrial Revolution were powered by?
Responda
  • Wood
  • Water
  • Coal
  • Gas

Questão 23

Questão
(Causes & Effects) What changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 24

Questão
(Causes) What machine wove cloth and ended the cottage industries?
Responda
  • The Water Frame
  • The Steam Engine
  • Coke Making
  • The Cotton Gin

Questão 25

Questão
(Effects) The demand for coal increased as a result of the:
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 26

Questão
(Effects) Which of the following was NOT a result of The Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • A decrease in child labor
  • An increase in the use of machines
  • A decease in life expectancy for Industrial Workers
  • An increase in urbanization

Questão 27

Questão
(Effects) What was the average working day for the Industrial Working Class during the Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • 6-8 Hours
  • 8-10 Hours
  • 10-12 Hours
  • 12-14 Hours

Questão 28

Questão
(Long Term Effects) Which of the following WAS NOT a negative effect of industrialization?
Responda
  • The formation of unions
  • Child labor working in factories
  • Poor living conditions in cities
  • The living conditions in Tenements

Questão 29

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

Questão 30

Questão
(Effects) Which of the following DID NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Responda
  • Working conditions in mines
  • Educational opportunities
  • The transportation of goods
  • The cost of consumer goods

Questão 31

Questão
(Cause & Effects) All of the following were results or effects of the Agricultural Revolution in Britain except:
Responda
  • the prices of food increased
  • the population increased
  • the number of industrial workers increased
  • the size of industrial cities increased

Questão 32

Questão
(Effects) Early during the Industrial Revolution most working-class women:
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 33

Questão
Matching - The Industrial Working Class:
Responda
  • 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

Questão 34

Questão
Matching - The Upper Class
Responda
  • 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

Questão 35

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

Questão 36

Questão
(Economic Systems) Which group in England benefited the most from laissez-faire economics?
Responda
  • The industrial workers
  • the capitalist business owners
  • the government
  • the rural farmers

Questão 37

Questão
(Economic Systems) Which of the following is the correct definition for proletariat?
Responda
  • The Industrial working class
  • The factory owners
  • The Utopian socialists
  • The communists

Questão 38

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

Questão 39

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

Questão 40

Questão
(Economic Systems) What is communism?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 41

Questão
(Economic Systems) What is Capitalism?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 42

Questão
(Economic Systems) which beliefs match Communism?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 43

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

Questão 44

Questão
(Economic Systems) Under socialism who owns the factors of production?
Responda
  • The individual
  • The invisible hand
  • The factory owner
  • The state

Questão 45

Questão
(Economic Systems) Who is considered to be father of capitalism
Responda
  • Karl Mark
  • Vladimir Lenin
  • James Watts
  • Adam Smith

Questão 46

Questão
(Long Term Effects) - The Luddites were:
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 47

Questão
(Long Term Effects) - Who were the Methodists?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 48

Questão
(Long Term Effect) Which of the following was an attempt to reform or protect workers rights?
Responda
  • The Capitalism Acts
  • The Enclosure Acts
  • The Factory Acts
  • The Luddite Acts

Questão 49

Questão
(Long Term Effects) Which group fought for the abolition or an end of slavery, Temperance, and equality?
Responda
  • Women
  • The Luddittes
  • Entreprenuers
  • All of the above

Questão 50

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