Industrial Revolution Review

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE: Before the Industrial Revolution life had remained mostly the same for 1000's of years

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

People who invest capital (money) into businesses in order to earn a profit are called:

Accepted Answer

Capitalists

Question 3

Farming only to feed yourself and your family is called:

Accepted Answer

Subsistence Farming

Question 4

Which of the following was responsible for the high death rate before the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 5

INDUSTRY means: Manufacturing of raw materials using machines in factories

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What is a type of cloth or woven fabric called?

Accepted Answer

Textile

Question 7

Rapid manufacturing of large numbers of identical objects is called:

Accepted Answer

Mass Production

Question 8

What did the Cotton Gin do?

Accepted Answer

Removed seeds from cotton

Question 9

How did Francis Cabot Lowell sneak designs for weaving machines out of England?

Accepted Answer

Memorized the plans

Question 10

The Cotton Gin resulted in an INCREASE in slaves brought to the United States:

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 12

What invention created by Samuel F.B. Morse allowed for instant communication from far distances?

Accepted Answer

Telegraph

Question 13

The first use of the Steam Engine was for trains

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The Factory System brings what two things together in one place?

Accepted Answer

Machines, Workers

Question 15

People before the Industrial Revolution were educated about science and diseases

Accepted Answer

False

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