Industrial Revolution Quiz

1.

1 point

In the beginning factories ran off water power. What natural resource will factory owners use to run their machines?

coal

petroleum

steam

solar energy

2.

1 point

When asked, "who invented the Industrial Revolution"? The correct response would be:

No one person invented the Industrial Revolution; it was new ideas of many individuals that helped it get its start.

Women who worked in the domestic system invented the Industrial Revolution to help change textiles

Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell invented the Industrial Revolution because they invented the most inventions

Great inventors from Europe invented the Industrial Revolution with their great ideas for changing the world

3.

1 point

Identify the four causes of the Industrial Revolution.

Poor Farming Techniques

Socialism

Rise of Trade Unions

Enclosure Movement

Natural Resources and Markets

Capital and Labor

Rise of the Factory System

4.

1 point

At first Great Britain tried to keep its industrial ideas a
secret, however, skilled workers realized they could
make money elsewhere by spreading their ideas. Which three countries did the Industrial Revolution spread to in the late 1800s?

France

Japan

Germany

China

United States

5.

1 point

The first changes made during the Industrial Revolution were made in the production of:

radios

railroads

record players

textiles

6.

1 point

Towns began to spring up around factories. This led to the growth of _____________. People from rural areas began moving to the cities.

industrialization

capitalism

socialism

urbanization

7.

1 point

In the past, workers produced cloth under the _______________. This method of making clothes soon ended because of the Industrial Revolution.

industrial system

union system

factory system

domestic system

8.

1 point

Industry needed new ways to transport raw materials to
factories and finished goods to markets. To help them do this, industries began using iron, steam, and coal to create:

airplanes and trains

steamboats and airplanes

cars and steamboats

trains and steamboats

9.

1 point

After the Industrial Revolution swept through Europe, several changes in society began to take place. What are four changes to take place after the Industrial Revolution?

rise of the working class

new ways to organize business

decline of urbanization

growth of cities

rise of trade unions

rise of the domestic system

10.

1 point

The concept of interchangeable parts was introduced during the Industrial Revolution. What is this concept?

the making of small machine equipment

machine made the making of parts that are exactly alike

the delegating of certain jobs for specific tasks

the designing of factories that could moved anywhere

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1 point

A brilliant innovation to come about during the Industrial Revolution was the development of the division of labor. What is the division of labor?

assigning workers to specialized tasks as a product moves along a conveyor belt from worker to worker workers to specialized tasks as a product moves along a conveyor belt from worker to worker

when workers divide their jobs between more than one factory

when factories are divided between cities to ensure workers have a job

the dividing of parts on a conveyor belt to place in machines

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1 point

The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700s in this European nation:

France

Great Britain

Spain

Italy