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Industrial Revolution
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1
Who were a big part of the labor force in factories because of their ability to fit into small places?
peasants
women
children
skinny workers
2
How can enclosures be defined?
open range
areas surrounded by fences or hedges
land with lots of green grass
small chicken coops
3
Factory workers during the Industrial Revolution were a part of which social class?
upper class
middle class
working class
upper middle class
4
Which of the following assisted with the population growth that provided a much needed labor force?
transportation
health care
mining
agriculture
5
What role did politics and government play in the industrial revolution?
they forced factory owners to covert to Christianity
they owned and built the factories
they established housing near factories
they passed laws that impacted factories
6
Which of the following were problems faced by many factories?
working conditions
low pay
finding workers
working hours
7
Which of the following is a description of an entrepreneur?
organizer
engineer
risk taker
manager
8
Which of the following were factors of production for the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
ready supply of capital
increase in food production
the vast amount of land
available natural resources
9
Why did factories establish shift work?
to hire more people
to test how long machines could run
to keep workers from working too long
to increase production
10
What was James Watt the innovator of?
steam engine
cotton gin
steel production
crop rotation
11
What was a natural resource that had to be mined to assist with the Industrial Revolution?
coal
wind
iron ore
water
12
What was Henry Bessemer best known for doing?
innovator of the steam engine to operate factory equipment
invented electricity as a source of power for factory machines
developing the steam engine to operate ships
invented a cheap way to mass produce steel
13
What was the process in which crops were changed each season so that the soil was not depleted of its nutrients?
harvest cycle
crop soil saver
healthy rotation
crop rotation
14
What did Eli Whitney invent?
steam engine
flying shuttle
cotton gin
telegraph
15
Which factor of production was about the amount of money that someone had available to build a factory?
entrepreneurship
labor
land
capital
16
Where were most factories built because of the need for an accessible power source?
near rivers and waterways
in the mountains
open farmland
near coal mines
17
Who came up with uses for the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution?
Robert Fulton
James Watt
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
18
What term means the growth of cities?
industrialization
revolutionization
socialization
urbanization
19
What nation was revolutionized by building railroads during the start of the industrial revolution?
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
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Who came up with the idea of allowing only his best sheep to breed which improved food production?
Robert Johnson
Robert Bakewell
Robert Quaker Oats
Robert Fulton
