Question

Which of the following best describes the Industrial Revolution?

Q1 options:

a new way of thinking about how hard people should work


a dramatic change in the way people worked and lived


a revolt against the rule of kings


a change in the way European countries traded with other nations

Q2
Which of the following is not a consequence of the Industrial Revolution?

Q2 options:

Machines began to do the work of thousands of craftsmen.


People moved from the country to cities.


Factories replaced homes as the centers of production.


Cottage craftsmen grew wealthier because of their specialized skills.

Q 3
Which of the following best describes why the Industrial Revolution started in England?

Q3 options:

It had a growing population and large deposits of coal and iron.


It had won recent wars in Europe against other great powers.


Its people were smarter than people elsewhere in the world.


Its land was infertile and its farmers unproductive.

Q 4
Another advantage the British had were thinkers such as Adam Smith who made huge strides in figuring out how their economy worked. Which of the following does not describe Adam Smith?

Q4 options:

He was a Scottish professor who tried to understand how nations acquired wealth.


He wrote a book called The Wealth of Nations.


He helped inspire the American Declaration of Independence.


He is considered the father of modern economics.

Q5
In The Wealth of Nations, Smith writes about an “invisible hand.” Which of the following best describes the “invisible hand”?

Q5 options:

a guide that ensures that people produce the things that society needs


the way in which government duties secretly increase the price of imported goods


the process by which a single worker completes all stages in the manufacture of a product


the thefts committed by workers in factories

Q 6
With which economic system is Smith most associated?

Q 6 options:

capitalism


colonialism


constitutionalism


communism

Q7
Thanks to the efforts of a number of inventors, the Industrial Revolution began in England's textile industry.

Who invented the mechanical loom which was powered by a horse or a waterwheel?

Q7 options:

Richard Arkwright


John Kay


Edmund Cartwright


James Hargreaves

Q8
Thanks to the efforts of a number of inventors, the Industrial Revolution began in England's textile industry.

Who invented the flying shuttle which allowed weavers to make wider pieces of cloth?

Q8 options:

Richard Arkwright


John Kay


Edmund Cartwright


James Hargreaves

Q9
Thanks to the efforts of a number of inventors, the Industrial Revolution began in England's textile industry.

Who invented the spinning jenny which increased the production of thread?

Q9 options:

Richard Arkwright


John Kay


Edmund Cartwright


James Hargreaves

Q10
Thanks to the efforts of a number of inventors, the Industrial Revolution began in England's textile industry.

Who invented the water frame which could spin thread around the clock?

Q10 options:

Richard Arkwright
John Kay
Edmund Cartwright
James Hargreaves
Richard Arkwright
John Kay
Edmund Car

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Answer 1

Answer 1: B

Answer 2: C

Answer 3: A

Answer 4: C

Answer 5: A

Answer 6: B

Answer 7: Cartwright

Answer 8: John Kay

Answer 9: Hargreaves

Answer 10: Arkwright

Answer 2

Answer 1: a dramatic change in the way people worked and lived

Answer 2: Cottage craftsmen grew wealthier because of their specialized skills.

Answer 3: It had a growing population and large deposits of coal and iron.

Answer 4: He helped inspire the American Declaration of Independence.

Answer 5: a guide that ensures that people produce the things that society needs

Answer 6: capitalism

Answer 7: Edmund Cartwright

Answer 8: John Kay

Answer 9: James Hargreaves

Answer 10: Richard Arkwright