Industrialization
1.
Which situation in Great Britain was a major
reason why the Industrial Revolution began there?
5.
(1) an ample supply of human and natural
resources
(1) a democratic government
(2) a rigid class structure
(2) increasing power of the laboring class
(3) a strong religious foundation
(3) high quality of public education
(4) an adequate food supply
(4) eagerness of the nobility to become factory
owners
2.
6.
Which is an important reason that the Industrial
Revolution began in Great Britain?
(2) Industries were owned by the national
government.
(2) The King granted special subsidies to
inventors.
(3) A strong union movement was able to secure
good working conditions and high wages for
factory workers.
(3) Substantial sums of money were available for
investment.
(4) A nationwide system of technical schools
produced highly skilled workers.
(4) Cities could easily accommodate the migration
of people from rural to urban areas.
An important social aspect of the early part of the
Industrial Revolution in England was the
7.
(1) urbanization of factory workers
Statement B:
(3) development of government-funded housing
and medical care programs
Statement C:
Statement D:
(4) acceptance of dissenting religious groups
(3) Russian
(4) Industrial
Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people
with a happy and safe life.
Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an
increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the
farmers from the countryside to the city.
(1) Protestant Reformation
(2) Commercial Revolution
(3) Industrial Revolution
Which revolution does this quotation describe?
(2) Commercial
We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same
work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost ngers,
limbs, and even their lives.
Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt
the balance of supply and demand.
All of these statements describe events or
viewpoints that relate to the
“With the new methods that used mass production,
division of labor, the assembly line, and
interchangeable parts, prices came down. A
greater number and variety of goods became
available to more people. The domestic system
was disappearing and a new revolution was
sweeping across Europe.”
(1) French
Base your answer to the following question on the
statements below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
Statement A:
(2) elimination of the class system
4.
Which statement best describes a major reason that
the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?
(1) Su cient coal and iron ore reserves and a
good transportation system were available.
(1) Parliament had ended the mercantile system.
3.
Before a nation can begin to industrialize, that
nation must rst develop
(4) Berlin Conference
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8.
Base your answer to the following question on
the map below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
9.
Base your answer to the following question on the
passage below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
. . . The factory owners did not have the
power to compel anybody to take a factory
job. They could only hire people who were
ready to work for the wages o ered to them.
Low as these wage rates were, they were
nonetheless much more than these paupers
could earn in any other eld open to them.
It is a distortion of facts to say that the
factories carried o the housewives from the
nurseries and the kitchens and the children
from their play. These women had nothing
to cook with and [nothing] to feed their
children. These children were destitute [poor]
and starving. Their only refuge was the
factory. It saved them, in the strict sense of
the term, from death by starvation. . . .
— Ludwig von Mises, Human Action, A
Treatise on Economics, Yale University Press
Which statement summarizes the theme of this
passage?
(1) Factory owners created increased hardships.
(2) Factory owners preferred to use child laborers.
(3) The factory system allowed people to earn
money.
(4) The factory system created new social classes.
10.
Which conclusion is best supported by the
information on the map?
(1) England's natural resources led to the growth
of industrial cities.
Which pair of natural resources were used to
change transportation and manufacturing in Great
Britain during the Industrial Revolution?
(1) gold and salt
(2) diamonds and petroleum
(2) In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance
of trade.
(3) copper and tin
(3) Great Britain's prosperity uni ed the people.
(4) coal and iron ore
(4) People emigrated from Great Britain because
of pollution.
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Irregular coastline
Abundant mineral resources
Large labor force
Investment capital
15.
(1) an increased demand by the working class for
reform
Which country had these characteristics and used
them to industrialize in the 1700s?
12.
(1) Germany
(2) Italy
(3) Great Britain
(4) Japan
During the Industrial Revolution in England,
the failure of social advances to keep up with
technological advances led to
(2) the adoption of right-to-work laws
(3) a change in government from a monarchy to
a republic
(4) the reinforcement of mercantile policies to
increase industrial production
Which is a long-range e ect of industrialization
upon the status of women in Western societies?
16.
(1) decline of legal rights for women
Base your answer to the following question on
the chart below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
(2) decline in the importance of formal education
for women
(3) increase in employment opportunities for
women
(4) increase in the percentage of women in
domestic occupations
13.
Which has been a major change resulting from the
industrialization of Western Europe?
Which event caused this population shift in Great
Britain?
(1) increased social mobility
14.
(2) increased political power for the nobility
(1) the bubonic plague
(3) shrinking of the in uence of the middle class
(2) emigration to the Americas
(4) shift in wealth from northern to southern
European nations
(3) the Industrial Revolution
(4) rebellions in Ireland
Which is generally characteristic of a nation
undergoing the process of industrialization?
17.
(1) less opportunity for social mobility
A long-term result of the Industrial Revolution in
Europe was
(1) an increase in the number of small farms
(2) con icts between modern ideas and traditional
ways of life
(2) a decline in international trade
(3) shifts in the population from urban to rural
areas
(3) a general rise in the standard of living
(4) a strengthening of the economic power of the
nobility
(4) increased reliance on the extended family to
supply society's basic needs
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18.
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the passage below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
20.
“It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would
have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed
it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural
red and black like the painted face of a savage. It
was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out
of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed
themselves for ever and ever, and never got
uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river
that ran purple with illsmelling dye . . . ”
(1) develop a more rigid class system
(2) modify traditional beliefs and customs
(3) resist cultural di usion
(4) depend more on the extended family structure
21.
— Charles Dickens, Hard Times
Which problem is the subject of this passage?
(1) economic inequality
(2) urban pollution
(4) poor transportation systems
These views, expressed by Engels and Marx, were
developed in reaction to the
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the speakers' statements below and on your
knowledge of social studies.
Speaker A:
Speaker B:
Speaker C:
“. . . They [the Communists] openly declare that
their ends can be attained [achieved] only by the
forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist
revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose
but their chains. They have a world to win.
Working men of all countries, unite!”
— Friederich Engels and Karl
Marx, Communist Manifesto, 1848
(3) lack of child labor laws
19.
As a society becomes more urbanized and
industrialized, it tends to
(1) uni cation of Germany
(2) Commercial Revolution
If the rate of population growth
continues to exceed the growth in the
food supply, there will not be enough
food for all of the people.
(3) Congress of Vienna
(4) Industrial Revolution
There are people who are wealthy and
people who are poor. This is just how
things are.
History is the story of class struggle.
Eventually, the working class will rise up
and revolt against the wealthy.
Speaker D: The government should do what is best
for most of its people.
To which situation are these speakers most likely
reacting?
(1) growth of Zionism
(2) rise of industrialization
(3) division of Africa
(4) formation of military alliances
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