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Ms.Geruntho Industrial Revolution basics
Ms.Geruntho Industrial Revolution basics
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1
The instrument we use to acquire data on our population is called the
US Census
Census Bureau
Online Surveys
Tax Returns
2
What is Ms. Geruntho's favorite gum flavor?
watermelon
peppermint
bubblegum
Spearmint
3
Who invented the Cotton Gin
Whitney Houston
Elijah Lovejoy
Eli Whitney
Whitney Elia
4
Which describes the economics of cotton circa 1840
Low supply, low price, high demand
High supply, low price, low demand
High supply, high price, high demand
Low supply, high price, high demand
5
What 2 nations emerged as industrial leaders right after Britain
US and Russia
Cuba and Haiti
US and Germany
U.S and Italy
6
What do you call a person who assumes financial risk in the hope of making a profit?
risk-taker
capital
entrepreneur
enterprise
7
What was the result of the invention of the Cotton Gin?
contributed to the rebirth of slavery
made England a world power
helped poor people get jobs
made farmers rise in social status
8
Which is NOT true of factories in the Industrial Revolution?
Factories often had dangerous working conditions
Factories house all parts of production under one roof
Factories have no need for labor due to mechanization
In factories, raw materials go in - finished goods come out
9
What factors can the industrial revoltution be credited to?
increase in education
political turmoil
population growth and natural resources
climate change
10
What allowed goods to move faster and cheaper during the industrial revolution
cars and buses
canals and turnpikes
railroads
airplanes
11
The cotton gin...
Reduced the number of slaves needed by a plantation
Increased the demand for slaves to run more cotton gins
Both red and yellow are true
Reduced the labor needed to clean and process cotton
12
What was the negative impact of the agricultural revolution?
animals died
genetically modified food
farmer's committed suicide
laborers were thrown out of work
13
What invention did James Watt improve in the 1760s?
The Steam Engine
The Diesel Engine
The Power Loom
The Steam Locomotive
14
The Crimean War was bewtween
England, France vs. Russia
Spain vs. USA
France vs. Italy
England and the colonists
15
Which of the following was NOT used as a power source in the industrial revolution?
All of these were used
Rivers and streams
Steam engine
Animals
16
How many spidermen has there been?
10
9
5
7
17
Money invested in a new business in hopes of earning a profit is called?
Investment money
Stock shares
Return
Capital
18
Why did the South not begin to manufacture goods at this time?
High profits from agriculture were too hard to give up
Abundance of cheap goods from the north
All of the above
Lack of resources like iron ore
19
The industrial revolution was a shift from..
Wool to cotton
Handmade to machine made goods
Machine made to handmade goods
Agriculture to industry
20
Pasteur's Germ Theory was an advance in...
New ways of thinking
New transportation
Advance in medicine
New manufacturing Processes
21
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Russia
China
England
New England
22
The temperature in this classroom can reach upt to 100 degrees.
False
True
23
Which of the following was
NOT
a reason New England was the perfect location for the IR?
Reliable electricity
Close to ports
Poor farmland
Rivers and Streams
24
In the United States of America, the Industrial Revolution began in
The West
The South
New England
The Midwest
25
Florence Nightingale had a large family who became doctors after being inpired by her.
True
False
26
The shift in population from rural farms to larger cities is called
Urbanization
Defarmization
Citification
Ruralization
27
Nobody received an A for marking period 2
True
False
28
After the invention of the flying shuttle and the spinning jenny, what industry was revolutionized?
amusement parks
textile
meat industry
transportation
29
Who was responsible for revolutionizing the nursing field?
Nightingale Smith
Flo Rida
Florence nightingale
Florence Henderson
