Unit 4: Industrial Revolution

1. The time period marked by the shift from an agrarian economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing was known as the:

• Renaissance
• Protestant Reformation
• French Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

2. Which of the following statements is true about the Industrial Revolution?

• There was a decline in factory-based manufacturing.
• There were fewer consumer goods available to the public.
• New energy sources were used to power machinery.
• There was decreased use of metals and chemicals.

3. One reason why Great Britain became the first nation to industrialize was that it had

• A large supply of natural resources.
• Very few colonies around the world.
• A strong belief in government control.
• Very few resources went to the military.

4. The banking system in England played a key role in industrialization by:

• Ensuring economic equality.
• Preventing the development of monopolies.
• Encouraging the development of monopolies.
• Providing loans to entrepreneurs and manufacturers.

5. Which of the following was a result of the enclosure movement?

• More workers were available to work in factories because they left their small farms

• Large landowners began to establish small private farms with slave labor

• Merchants could no longer establish factories in rural areas.

• Landholders began to mechanize their neighbors farms.

6. What was one effect of the mechanization of agriculture?

• Many farmers abandoned the raising of livestock.
• Farmers needed more acreage to produce the same amount of food as before.
• Farmers were able to make more food available.
• Small landholders began establishing commercial farms.

7. Which of the following inventions made it possible for factories to move away from rivers?

• Steam engine
• Telegraph
• Phonograph
• Bessemer process

8. By the late 1700s, the water frame, spinning jenny, and spinning mule had transformed the ___________ industry.

• Transportation
• Textile
• Communication
• Chemical

9. Which of the following was a result of the Bessemer process?

• Improvements in communication
• Factories moved away from rivers.
• The expansion of the steel industry.
• Made picking seeds out of cotton easier.

10. Which of the following MOST led to the increase of consumer goods available during the Industrial Revolution?

• Mass production
• Bessemer Process
• Water Frame
• Airplanes