Industrial Revolution Review 2020-2021
Quiz by Erica Isbell
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
Kentucky Academic Standards
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- Q1How did the agricultural revolution directly affect industrialization in Great Britain?With fewer farmers working the land, the rural population could move to cities.By enclosing fields, landholders could experiment with new farming techniques.By using the four crop rotation system, nutrients in the soil could be replaced faster.With greater crop yields, the government could support larger armies.300s
- Q2Which invention by the American inventor Eli Whitney allowed agricultural production to increase significantly in the American South and fueled the British textile industry?spinning jennycotton ginwater frameflying shuttle300s
- Q3How did entrepreneurs, such as Matthew Boulton, help develop the British Industrial Revolution?They perfected machinery that improved productivity.They invested money needed to pay for the development of inventions.They constructed roads used for transporting goods throughout the country.They invented machines that improved transportation.300s
- Q4Which business first made use of the locomotive?MiningTextilesTimberTourism300s
- Q5Which groups joined the upper class as a result of the British Industrial Revolution?factory owners and bankersgovernment employees and shop managerstoolmakers and printersdoctors and lawyers300s
- Q6Which statement accurately describes Great Britain throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?The monarchy financed industrial development and encouraged the creation of new inventionsThe government was relatively stable, and this security promoted business development.The country endured continuous political turmoil, disrupting industrial development.The country was under constant threat of invasion that diverted resources to the military.300s
- Q7All of the following are results from the development of British railroads exceptcreated thousands of mining jobsincreased the size of the rural populationlowered the cost of transporting goodsencouraged people to travel for leisure300s
- Q8Which group remained in the lower class of British society despite the wealth generated from the Industrial Revolution?factory managerstextile workersshop ownersmechanical drafters300s
- Q9Which aspect of mass production allows a broken machine to be fixed quickly using an identical item?division of laborspecializationassembly lineinterchangeable parts300s
- Q10Drag each statement to the economic theory that is being described.Users sort answers between categoriesSorting300s
- Q11Considered to be the Father of American Industry, ___________ immigrated to the United States and reproduced a textile machine from memory and a basic design.Samuel SlaterJohn D. RockefellerMoses BrownFrancis Cabot Lowell300s
- Q12Why did Germany industrialize at a later date than Great Britain or the United States?Germany relied on canals instead of railroads to transport raw materials.Germany had a small population that lived in rural areas.Germany lacked sufficient coal and iron deposits.Germany was politically separated into many smaller states.300s
- Q13Which statement accurately describes the effect of imperialism during the nineteenth century?Economic inequality between industrial and agricultural countries narrowed.Less-developed nations in Asia and Africa became wealthy from selling raw materials.International competition for colonial markets increased.Less-developed nations in Asia and Africa became industrialized.300s
- Q14According to supporters of utilitarianism, which of the following is a good government?one that allows the state to regulate all business activitiesone that allows market forces to dictate the standard of living for its citizensone that creates utopian communities where people share the rewards of their laborone that creates policies benefiting the greatest number of people300s
- Q15Improving economic status for workers through collective bargaining was the primary reason for the formation oflabor unionssecret fraternal organizationscraft guildsassociations of journeymen300s