Industrial Revolution Practice Quiz

When the Industrial Revolution began, growing cities were often located close to what other resource(s)?

• Coal and Iron Mines

• Steel

• Wind

• Child Labor

The Industrial Revolution was the time of

• the further development of philosophers

• an increase in home labor

• a fundamental change in the way goods were produced

• rapid growth in farming

Identify two major effects of new technology on business during the industrial revolution

• workers made more money and worked fewer hours

• fewer goods where manufactured and sold

• the streets where less traveled and cleaner

• production became faster and less expensive

England’s vast _____ reserves powered steam engines.

Of the following, which was not a result of the enclosure movement?

• More peasants got jobs as farmers

• Consolidation of small farms into larger estatesMany peasants were forced to migrate to the cities

• Increased agricultural productivity
• Rise of tenant farming

This movement started due to advancements in technology and machinery.

• Industrial Rev

• French Rev

• Scientific Rev

• Enlightenment

Great Britain's largest and most profitable industry was

• textiles
• iron

• coal mining

• putting out system

Which development helped improve working conditions in many mines and factories during the late 1800's?

• introduction of the assembly line

• rise of the middle class

• formation of monopolies

• growth of labor unions

During the 1800s, the British Parliament passed a series of 'factory acts.' What did they do?

• reformed child labor practice

• The factory acts focused solely on improving wages for factory workers.
• banned labor unions

• The factory acts increased working hours for adults.

Which inventor created an efficient way to turn iron ore into steel?

• Henry Bessemer
• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

• Wright Brothers