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Industrial Revolution Test
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1
What invention allowed cotton seeds to be cleaned at a faster rate
Water Frame
Cotton Gin
Spinning Jenny
Seed Drill
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Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
Quality of the clothing
Transportation
Factory working conditions
The average person's diet
3
The first steamboat was named__________ and created by_________.
Tugboat/Robert Smith
Clermont/ Robert Smith
Clermont/Robert Fulton
Tugboat/Robert Fulton
4
Which of the following is NOT one of the three natural laws of economics?
Self-Interest
Supply and Demand
Supply and Competition
Competition
5
What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain?
Displaces England's agricultural and fishing industries
Offered cheap transportation for materials and goods
Encouraged people to emigrate to other countries
Eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs
6
What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19-century Britain and in western Europe.
Industrialization
Poor crop yields
Improved living conditions in the cities
More efficient transportation systems
7
Who was the author of the book The Wealth of Nation?
John Suart Mill
Adam Smith
Jeremy Bentham
William Wilberforce
8
How did landowners and aristocrats view the wealthy members of the middle class?
Regarded highly
Saw as outcast
Looked down upon
Saw as equals
9
Which of the following factors of production allowed England to industrialize?
Raw Materials
Land and Labor
Capital (Money_
All
10
By the late 1700s, the best place to find water frame and a spinning mule was in
A barn
An urban home
A factory
A farm house
11
The crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increased crop yields
By allowing more land to rest
By increasing nutrients in the soil
By decreasing the amount of land used to grow nutrient-depleted crops
By ensuring that more of the seeds were planted actually sprouted
12
What economic system believes in "The greatest good for the greatest number of people"?
Utiliatarianism
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
13
Which of the following two groups did Karl Marx believe were at war with each other?
bourgeoisie and plebeians
proletariat and plebeians
bourgeoisie and proletariat
plebeians and bourgeoisie
14
In the 1700s, the process of enclosure tended to increase
Farmer's reliance on a single cash crop
Farming Efficiency
The amount of common land available for grazing
The use of broadcast method of seeding
15
What is collective bargaining?
Union and Government negotiations
Employer and government negotiations
Employee and government negotiations
Employer and Union negotiations
16
Who improved the steam engine by making it faster and more efficient while burning less fuel?
James Watt
John McAdam
Matthew Bolton
Robert Fulton
17
Socialist believe that government should
actively plan the economy
destroy the economy
leave the economy alone
allow the economy to be controlled by the bourgeoisie
18
An entrepreneur is a type of
Personal Secretary
Inventor
Scientist
Business person or investor
19
Which of the following was a result of the agricultural revolution?
Enclosures became landmarks of wealthy landowners
Many small farmers moved to the cities or became tenant farmer
Landowners experimented with new agriculture methods
All
20
What was the impact of the steam engine on the production of British goods?
It enabled mines to work efficiently without more workers
It allowed workers to work less hours
It launched the railway age, which brought transportation to a new level
It allowed small ferries to monopolize the English canals
21
What do you call an association of working who are seeking better working conditions?
Collective Bargaining
Unions
Strikes
Socialism
22
How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?
It made the crime rate drop
It created technology to clean them
It made them lose a valuable source of food
It made the population grow faster than the housing supply
23
Karl Marx believed in which of the following economic systems?
Communism
Utilitarianism
Socialism
Capitalism
24
Which of the following did NOT improved as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Educational Opportunities
Preservation of the environment
Living conditions for the average worker
Affordability of consumer goods
25
What impact did technological advances have on industry?
All
Quality of products was increased
Number of factory works and hours worked increased
Production of goods increased
26
Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
Life expectancy of the average worker
The size of the middle-class
Urbanization
The length of the average work day
27
The first area to undergo major industrialization was
Coal Mining
Railroads
Banking
Textile Production
28
What invention allowed farmers to plant seeds at a certain depth and in rows?
Seed planter
Seed stopper
Seed drill
Seed hammer
29
All of the following were results of the agricultural revolution in Britain EXCEPT that
Food prices decreased
The number of farmers increased
The average size of farms increased
Population increased
30
What group was NOT part of the middle class?
Aristocrats
Factory Managers
Factory Owners
Skilled Workers
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Which of the following was NOT a positive aspect of industrialization?
More jobs
Increased wealth
More goods
Cleaner cities
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What was the Industrial Revolution?
increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners
increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked long hours
an increase in machine-made goods beginning in England during the 1700s
