What is a corporation?

It many investors who share the profits and losses, A company that acts as a single entity (legally a person)

What happened to many petty criminals in England during this period (1800's)?

They were sent to the penal colony of Australia, They were flogged with a 'cat of nine tails' whip

Why did Mr. Banks show you these pictures?

They are a good illustration of living in these places, His dad grew up in a city like this

What is a Labour Union?

Group of workers who negotiate their contracts together, A way to improve pay and working conditions

Why did the Industrial revolution see the rise of Unions?

Because the working conditions were so bad, Because workers were being replaced by machines

Why were criticisms of the industrial system allowed in England but not other places?

Journalists and authors wrote about the bad conditions, England had freedom of the press

Why did the Industrial revolution see the rise of Communist ideas?

Because certain people made so much $ & the poor got little

What was the flying shuttle?

One of the first major advances in the textile industry, invention that allowed weavers to produce much wider cloth

What were the commons in the 17th Century?

land available for all people to graze their animals upon

What reason did Mary Wollstencraft give for the inferior place of women in society?

They were not given the same education as men

What image of Victorian upper-class morality does this picture give?

That Victorian family life was very wholesome

What was the 'Rocket'?

Could pull a small train at 39 km/hour, The first locomotive

What was the Bessemer process?

air blown through the molten iron removed the impurities, Could mass produce iron into steel

Which was NOT a reason England was the nation that the industrial revolution occurred in?

They had a superior culture to all other nations

Why were canals built throughout England during this period?

It could move a large quantity of goods across towns

Why did the Irish potato famine occur in 1845?

The Irish depended too heavily on potatoes for survival, A disease (blight) killed all the Irish potatoes

How did the Industrial Revolution help lead to World War I?

Advances in technology created efficient killing machines, It created greater military and Industrial competition

What was the purpose of Hogarth's picture 'Gin Lane'?

Shows what happens when poor people come from countryside, Shows the vices and poor conditions of 18th century London

Why was the job of chimney sweep dangerous for children?

Breathing in dust and soot, It was up very high and children fell off the roof, Children could get stuck in the smokestack

What happened to people who used credit in the 18th century but couldn't pay their debts?

They were sent to debtors prison, They had to pay for their own shackles

Which crops were in the four field system?

Wheat/turnips/Barley and clover

Who were the Luddites?

workers who destroyed the machines that were replacing them

What was selective breeding?

selecting plants or animals with favourable traits to breed

Why did English poet, John Clare say "enclosure, thou art a curse upon the land"?

Because it severely disrupted the lives of the poor

What does the term 'Mother country' mean?

A country in relation to its colonies, a colony in relation to its founding country

What happened to children who grew up in the Foundling hospitals?

Boys went to the British Navy, Girls went into Domestic service

Which is NOT a feature of the 'water frame'?

Made it's inventor, Richard Arkwright, go broke

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1
Who invented the flying shuttle?
John Kay
Adam Smith
George Stephenson
Benjamin Franklin
2
What is a corporation?
kind of business that only existed during the Industrial Rev
A company that has very few legal rights
It many investors who share the profits and losses
A company that acts as a single entity (legally a person)
3
Where did the industrial and agricultural revolutions originate?
The United States
England
China
Germany
4
What happened to many petty criminals in England during this period (1800's)?
They were sent back to school to learn how to be better
They wore ridiculous masks for fun
They were sent to the penal colony of Australia
They were flogged with a 'cat of nine tails' whip
5
What style of architecture are the Houses of Parliament in London?
Art-Nouveau
Gothic
Neo-Classical
Gothic Revival
6
Why did Mr. Banks show you these pictures?
He likes to waste class time on stupid things
They celebrate the Industrial Revolution
They are a good illustration of living in these places
His dad grew up in a city like this
7
What was the average life expectancy before the Industrial Revolution?
45-55 years
25-35 years
35-45 years
40-50 years
8
Which type of power came first?
Water power
Electric power
Steam power
Coal power
9
What is a Labour Union?
Group of workers who negotiate their contracts together
They were very powerful during the Industrial Revolution
A way to improve pay and working conditions
When workers negotiate their contracts separately
10
What did James Watt invent?
The steam ship
He improved the steam engine
The Steam engine
The locomotive
11
What are most textiles made out of today?
Cotton
Burlap
yarn
Synthetics (oil)
12
What was the name of the old method of scattering seeds?
Broadcasting
cultivation
agronomy
agriculture
13
Where was philosopher Adam Smith from?
Spain
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
14
What did Oliver Twist ask in the workhouse when his gruel wasn't enough food?
Can I have some oatmeal instead
Please sir, I want some more?
Please Sir, I would much prefer pizza
Please Sir, get me out of here
15
What area of the world would we associate with a recent Industrial Revolution?
Great Britain and Continental Europe
Sub Saharan Africa
The United States and Canada
China and other parts of Asia
16
Why did the Industrial revolution see the rise of Unions?
Because the working conditions were so bad
Because workers were being replaced by machines
Because wages were so high
Because communists created them
17
Which of the following is NOT a famous Victorian novel?
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
18
Why were criticisms of the industrial system allowed in England but not other places?
Because Charles Dickens made it possible
Journalists and authors wrote about the bad conditions
Freedom of the press is allowed in all nations
England had freedom of the press
19
Who invented the seed drill?
James Watt
Charles Gordon
William Gladstone
Jethro Tull
20
The term to describe a business that has complete control of an industry
Monopoly
Corruption
Corporation
An Advantage
21
Why did the Industrial revolution see the rise of Communist ideas?
Because the Industry looked after it's workers
Because the ideas were taken from Napoleon
Because it was a time of equality
Because certain people made so much $ & the poor got little
22
What city was considered the center of the Industrial revolution in England?
London
Manchester
Edinburgh
York
23
What was the flying shuttle?
A very advanced spinning machine that ran on steam power
One of the first major advances in the textile industry
invention that allowed weavers to produce much wider cloth
a van you can rent at the airport that actually flies!
24
What were the commons in the 17th Century?
Land held by the Government
Land that was developed exclusively for factory use
land available for all people to graze their animals upon
Land held by a group of wealthy land owner
25
What reason did Mary Wollstencraft give for the inferior place of women in society?
They were not given the same education as men
They were smarter than men
They were physically stronger than men
They were intellectually inferior to men
26
Which of the following is NOT one of the keys to industrialization?
Easy access to energy sources like coal
Slave labour
Colonies and raw materials from them
A Pro-business Government
27
What image of Victorian upper-class morality does this picture give?
That Victorian family life was very wholesome
That families were highly dysfunctional
That the women had all the power in the family
That Victorians hated their families
28
What was the 'Rocket'?
Could pull a small train at 39 km/hour
The first missile
The first automobile
The first locomotive
29
What was the Bessemer process?
air blown through the molten iron removed the impurities
Could mass produce iron into steel
Made gold out of iron
made steel into iron
30
Which was NOT a reason England was the nation that the industrial revolution occurred in?
They had a superior culture to all other nations
They had a culture of science and invention
They had capital to invest and colonies
They large coal reserves
31
Why were canals built throughout England during this period?
It could move a large quantity of goods across towns
They were created so that live-stock could swim in them
They were created for drinking water
They were built for sight-seeing
32
What serial killer was active in London in the late 19th Century?
Jack the Ripper
Lizzie Borden
Charles Manson
H.H. Holmes
33
What style of art is this picture 'Ophelia'?
Romanticism
Pre-Raphaelite
Impressionism
Renaissance
34
Why did the Irish potato famine occur in 1845?
The Irish depended too heavily on potatoes for survival
The British changed the Corn Laws
too many cheap potatoes flooded their market
A disease (blight) killed all the Irish potatoes
35
Who created the 'Matchstick Men' pictures?
J.M.W. Turner
John Everet Millais
Jacques Louis-David
L.S. Lowry
36
Who wrote 'Mary Barton'?
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
Virginia Woolf
Elizabeth Gaskell
37
Who invented 'The Rocket'?
Thomas Newcomen
The Wright Brothers
George and Robert Stephenson
Samuel Compton
38
How did the Industrial Revolution help lead to World War I?
Advances in technology created efficient killing machines
Because there were so many wars in the 19th century
It created greater military and Industrial competition
It created hatred between England and France
39
What was the purpose of Hogarth's picture 'Gin Lane'?
Show how prosperous 18th century London was
Shows what happens when poor people come from countryside
Shows the vices and poor conditions of 18th century London
Shows that 18th century London had very few problems
40
Why was the job of chimney sweep dangerous for children?
Breathing in dust and soot
It was up very high and children fell off the roof
Children could get stuck in the smokestack
The chimney's would sometimes explode
41
What happened to people who used credit in the 18th century but couldn't pay their debts?
They were sent to debtors prison
They had to pay for their own shackles
They were made fun of in public
They lost their credit card
42
What were most textiles made out of during this time?
silk
paper
cloth
plastic
43
What forces dictate the prices of products on the market?
What price the Government decides
The forces of nature
The power of Science
Supply and demand
44
Which crops were in the four field system?
Wheat/turnips/Barley and clover
Watermelon/pumpkins/corn/wheat
Turnips/Barley/Cabbage/Rhubarb
Hops/Barley/Kale/Lettuce
45
Who were the Luddites?
A name for men who worked in factories during this period
workers who destroyed the machines that were replacing them
Hipsters that wore weird outfits
The name of a group of romantic artists
46
What was selective breeding?
Playing God
Allowing animals to find love and choose their spouse
selecting plants or animals with favourable traits to breed
Being very picky about who you choose to go out on a date
47
What era were Lowry's drawings created in?
The 1830's and 40's
The 1870's and 80's
The 1920's and 30's
1950's and 60's
48
Why did English poet, John Clare say "enclosure, thou art a curse upon the land"?
Because witches literally put a spell that cursed the land
Because it caused severe environmental damage
Because it caused the collapse of food production in England
Because it severely disrupted the lives of the poor
49
What does the term 'Mother country' mean?
A country in relation to its colonies
a colony in relation to its founding country
A country that has supplied all the mothers of another
An insult one country makes to another
50
What happened to children who grew up in the Foundling hospitals?
Boys went to the British Navy
They all became Chimney sweeps
Girls went into Domestic service
They were all sold as slave labour
51
Which is NOT a feature of the 'water frame'?
Made it's inventor, Richard Arkwright, go broke
Faster than the Spinning Jenny
Could use rollers that had 1000's of cotton threads at once
Used water power
52
What happens to the Industrious Apprentice ?
He gets sent out to sea and joins the navy
He marries his master's daughter
He becomes Lord Mayor of London
he commits suicide
53
What was the name for Mary Wollstonecraft's most significant work of literature?
A Vindication of the Right's of Women
Jane Eyre
Frankenstein
Declaration of the Rights of Women
54
What does 'franchise' mean in the context of this Unit?
The right to run for a political office
When you buy a chain of Subway stores
When a professional athlete is one of the best players
The right to vote
55
What were the results of the Irish Potato famine?
At least 1 million deaths
At least 1 million people emigrated to Ireland
At least 1 million people immigrated from Ireland
More hatred of the British because of their corn law policy
56
What were the purpose of the Factory Acts?
They eventually banned child labour
They limited the amount of hours children could work
They limited the factories to a 40 hour workweek
They only allowed boys to work in the factories
57
What was the purpose of the 'poor laws'?
It was to prevent the poor from having more children
It forced people to go to the workhouse if they were poor
They started to round up and kill poor people
It gave more relief and money to the poor
58
What was the spinning mule?
Combined the features of the water frame and spinning jenny
Was powered by steam engines
Combined the features of the flying shuttle and the Rocket
Was powered by electricity
59
What were Victorian 'work houses'?
Places were the poor went if they had no option
A place were there was more than enough food
A school for orphans
Conditions were kept intentionally bad
60
Why did the world's population explode in the 19th century?
Improvements in medicine and nutrition
Because it was a time of relative peace
People stopped using birth control
Improvement in manufacturing and literature
61
What happened to children who were born in the workhouses of this period?
they had nearly a 100% mortality rate
They were well fed and treated properly
They grew up happy and healthy
They were immediately put to work
62
What was the spinning Jenny?
A major reason for the creation of the factory system
Increased the amount of spools weavers could use at one time
A girl named Jenny who was famous for her dance moves
A drinking game people used to play in English pubs
63
Which philosopher came up with the 'Communist Manifesto'?
Karl Marx
Winston Churchill
Bertrand Russel
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
64
What was the purpose of the cotton gin?
It could remove the seeds from cotton
It saved many hours of labour
It decreased the demand for cotton
It decreased the amount of cotton produced
65
Who invented the 4 field system ?
Oscar Wilde
A guy whose nickname was 'turnip'
Charles Townshed
James Hargraves
66
What was NOT an aspect of child labour during the Industrial Revolutions?
Cleaning out the cotton fluff underneath machines
Children were only given the safe jobs
Jobs where their small stature was an advantage
Children became chimney sweeps
67
Who was the author of the novel, Oliver Twist?
Roman Polanski
Charlotte Bronte
Charles Dickens
Oscar Wilde
68
Which is NOT true about the Scottish (Highland) 'clearances'? (in the textbook)
A form of Enclosure
Caused the removal of poor Scottish farmers off their land
A major reason for immigration out of Scotland
Favoured farming over sheep
69
What is the name of the idle apprentice?
Thomas Prentice
Tho Badchild
Thomas Idle
Francis Idle
70
What does the term 'overhead' mean in the business world?
A place you store your extra luggage
The total amount of profit made by a company
a cost or expense required to run a business
A way of throwing a baseball
71
Who was the British monarch for the period of the Industrial Revolution?
Queen Anne
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
72
Which of these animals is an example of selective breeding?
The Gloucester spot pig
The Bald Eagle
Racoons (trash pandas)
The American Buffalo
73
What happened at the opening to the Liverpool to Manchester railway in 1830? (textbook)
There was a massive riot
The train exploded
A man was fatally hit by a train
Winston Churchill stood on the train
74
What was the domestic system?
A system in which people produced products at home
Another name for the cottage industry
Only employed men
system were many people worked together to create a product
75
What is a fallow field?
A field left empty for seven years
A field plowed but left unseeded
A field where turnips are grown
a field in which manure is used to replenish the soil
76
What was NOT an aspect of enclosure?
Large landowners became wealthy
Farms became much more productive and efficient
When small farms were consolidated into much larger
small farmers stayed competitive and stayed in rural areas
77
What is Laissez-faire economics?
the economic system should be free of government control
Involves restrictions to trade, taxes and tariffs
Governments should always follow the French economic model
The Government system should be free from economics
78
the name of the novel that described the miserable conditions in Manchester at this time?
Mary Barton
Jude the Obscure
Vanity Fair
The Picture of Dorian Grey
79
How did Adam Smith think consumers can have power?
By buying products no matter how they are produced
Demanding better products and using their purchasing power
They don't have power, they are just part of the machine
By boycotting products made in bad conditions
80
How did coal mining help drive the creation of steam engines?
Coal had nothing to do with steam power
Steam engines were needed to clear the mines of water
Coal mining was essential for the agricultural revolution
Coal was dirty energy; people wanted to help the environment
81
What is NOT an aspect of urbanization?
When the countryside becomes part of the city
a population shift from urban to rural areas
a population shift from rural to urban areas
When towns turn into cities
82
How does this painting 'The Awakening Conscience' contradict this image?
It shows a married man and his mistress
It displays what was happening behind closed doors
It shows a childless married couple
It shows how much the Victorians loved the piano
83
What industry transformed the industrial revolution?
farming
textiles
distilling
fur trading
84
Where is this Gothic Revival building located?
Budapest, Hungary
Ottawa, Canada
Sydney, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
85
What is an entrepreneur?
A person that takes on financial risks for a venture
genius who invents something and lets someone else market it
The name of Manchester soccer fans
A type of labour job in a textile factory
86
What is capitalism?
A system of free markets
A system were the economy is centrally planned
A system in which money can be borrowed and invested
A system in which the Government controls the economy
87
Who was the artist who produced Industry and Idleness?
William Hogarth
William Constable
Caspar David Friedrich
J.M.W. Turner
88
What did Adam Smith think was good about capitalism?
It naturally produced a fair and equal system
Excess wealth could be used for the benefit of society
It produced excess wealth
It shared all wealth equally
89
What is the best description of the tone of these paintings?
Finding the beauty and wonder in the cities of Britain
A illustration of the corruption and vice of the English
A celebration of Industry and technology
The dreariness and monotony of the Industrial landscape
90
What was the Seed drill?
When seeds are randomly scattered into the ground
A machine that plants seeds in neat rows
Improved the ratio of crop yield
When horses plant the seeds
91
What was the purpose of Hogarth's Industry and Idleness series?
To show the rewards of a life spent working hard
To show the dangers of the Agricultural Revolution
To show how evil the Industrial Revolution was
To show the dangers of a life spent in idleness
92
What happens to the Idle apprentice at the end?
He is hanged for his crimes
He is whipped and sent out to sea
He falls in love with a common prostitute
He becomes a weaver again
93
Around what time period was Industry and Idleness produced?
1880's
1830's
1810's
1740's
94
How was London changing during Hogarth's time?
Conditions in the city were becoming better for all people
Many people were coming from the countryside to live there
There was more crime, poverty and vice
Products from all over the world becoming widely available
95
What is the name of the Industrious apprentice?
Francis Whitingdon
Francis Goodchild
William Prentice
William Goodytwoshoes
96
How did Thomas Coram try to address the problem of child poverty/ mortality?
He gave all his money away
he adopted thousands of kids
He built massive schools
He created the Foundling Hospital
97
Why was the Model-T Ford significant in the history of industrialization?
It was the first mass produced Assembly line automobile
it was the first electric car
It was the first car to use coal power
It was created by a German company, Volkswagen

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