Unit 3 - The Industrial Revolution

This illustration can best be used to

• describe factors that hindered British industrialization

• illustrate advances in agriculture

• explain the decline of Enclosure Movements

• depict daily life of British urban workers

Which claim is best supported by this illustration?

• New technologies reduced the impact of farming on the environment.

• Innovations in farming contributed to a drop in population.

• Improved equipment decreased the amount of human labor of farmers.

• Changes in farming prevented the growth of large scale farms.

Which situation was a result of the events described in this passage?

• migration of people to rural areas

• population increase

• development of Marxist ideals

• famine in Ireland

This illustration and excerpt depict events from which time and place in history?

• Revolutionary France

• Victorian England

• Meiji Japan

• Soviet Russia

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to the health concern highlighted in this illustration and excerpt?

• urban population growth

• improved communication

• new power sources

• trade union movement

Which action effectively addressed the specific public health concern raised in this illustration and excerpt?

• installation of electric lighting in poor neighborhoods

• burning herbs to purify the air

• improvements in water treatment

• relocation of government offices

Which historical development was influenced by Wollstonecraft’s writing?

• the rise of British nationalism

• the Glorious Revolution

• the woman’s suffrage movement

• the Irish Home Rule movement

Which economic concept best explains the relationship between energy and industrial production discussed in this passage?

• supply and demand

• favorable trade balance

• collectivization

• scarcity

Which statement best represents this author’s point of view?

• Pollution from energy sources hindered the expansion of railways.

• New energy technologies reduced industrial production.

• Reliance on traditional energy sources made industrialization more efficient.

• Industrialization was dependent on increased energy production.

What conditions inspired the writing of this passage?

• economic inequality in industrial cities

• government reforms to protect worker’s rights

• rise of powerful labor unions

• decline of urban populations