Interesting Quiz On Industrial Revolution
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Select the BEST answer for each question. You may use your notes or any resources necessary to complete this assignment.
- 1.The invention of spinning and weaving machines for the textile trades marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Oil became the main source of energy during the Industrial Revolution
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The MOST important invention for transportation was the highway.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Agricultural productivity during the Industrial revolution can be credited to the idea of consolidating and isolating large fields in a process called "enclosure."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The "new" industry was dominated by farms and animals.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.What was the Industrial Revolution
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The industries set up after the French and American Revolutions
- B.
The acceleration of technical and economic development that begun in Britain around 1750
- C.
Where all the poorly paid industrial workers finally had enough and all stopped work at once around 5.30 in the afternoon
- 7.Which statement is the best summary of the economy in 1750?
- A.
Heavy manufacturing, lots of pollution
- B.
Water powered factories, some pollution
- C.
Based on agriculture, growing and selling produce
- 8.What 'class' did the Industrial Revolution create?
- A.
A landowners class
- B.
An urban middle class
- C.
An urban working class
- 9.What changes did the Industrial revolution NOT see?
- A.
New materials, new energy sources and new machinery
- B.
Improved transport, division of labour and new employer-employee relationships
- C.
A reduction in the manufacturing section, combined with an increase in primary production
- 10.What led to political changes within the urban areas of Britain.
- A.
Improved knowledge due to better education
- B.
A population willing to fight for their rights
- C.
Increased wealth of the new manufacturing classes
- 11.Which areas of Britain grew the most?
- A.
Countryside
- B.
Urban areas
- C.
Coastal ports
- 12.Which industry saw the earliest benefit of innovations?
- A.
The canal transportation industry
- B.
The textile industry
- C.
The railways
- D.
The agricultural industry
- 13.Which is probably the most important devlopment of the factories during the Industrial Revolution ?
- A.
The railways replacing the canals
- B.
Steam replacing water power
- C.
Machinery replacing people
- 14.Who invented the cotton gin in 1793, a device that separated raw cotton from cotton seeds, increasing the cotton supply while lowering the cost of raw cotton?
- A.
Benjamin Franklin
- B.
Eli Whitney
- C.
Samuel Crompton
- 15.England’s _____ created a steam engine to pump waters from mines in 1704
- A.
James Watt
- B.
Robert Boyle
- C.
Thomas Newcomen
- 16._____ was the basic building block of large machines, railroad tracks, trains, and ships
- A.
Cooper
- B.
Gold
- C.
Iron
- 17.England’s _____ caused many small farmers to lose their lands, and these former farmers increased the available labor supply.
- A.
Enclosure Acts
- B.
Corn Laws
- C.
Labor Laws
- 18.How did the Industrial Revolution change people’s lives
- A.
Many people farm new crops
- B.
People had to learn how to raise bigger sheep
- C.
People had to leave their homes in order to go to work
- 19.Before the steam Engine was invented how did people produce things?
- A.
By hand and animal power
- B.
By machine
- C.
Assembly line in factories
- 20.The development of steam power allowed the factories to move from the rivers because ___________
- A.
They use wind power now
- B.
Steam powered the machines
- C.
The rivers dried up in the summer
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