This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > History > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term is this? When products are produced in large quantities A) Mass Production. B) Invention. C) Factory. D) Assembly Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass Production. 2. Why did some children lie about their ages during the Industrial Revolution? A) To secure jobs and help their families survive. B) To avoid mandatory education. C) To work in agriculture. D) To join unions and organize strikes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To secure jobs and help their families survive. 3. The act or process of making something: A) Civil. B) Advancment. C) Production. D) Produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Production. 4. Railways were built all around England and then the world. They carried freight and passengers much more quickly and cheaply than before. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. A group of American artist who painted landscapes embodying nature. A) Transcendentalists. B) The Hudson River School. C) Quakers. D) Abolitionists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Hudson River School. 6. What is money available for investment called? A) Capital. B) Yin. C) Euros. D) Pesos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital. 7. What is the term for types of cloth or woven fabric, a major industry during the Industrial Revolution? (a) A) Factory System. B) A. Textiles. C) Raw Materials. D) Free Enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Textiles. 8. Most writers during the Romantic time period A) Abandoned wit and satire and focused on emotions and nature. B) Abandoned nature and emotions and focused on wit and satire. C) Died of starvation. D) Didn't write anything due to fear of government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abandoned wit and satire and focused on emotions and nature. 9. What type of things was steel used for? A) Railroads. B) Ships. C) Weapons. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Which industries commonly used steel? A) Construction. B) Automotive. C) Aerospace. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. One of Texas' best known cattle ranchers; he helped grow the cattle industry in Texas A) Richard King. B) Charles King. C) Charles Goodnight. D) Richard Mornnigtime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Goodnight. 12. Factory owners blacklisted people suspected of being union members in order to ..... A) Stop the spread of workers joining unions. B) Start their own unions. C) Save money to pay factory workers higher wages. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop the spread of workers joining unions. 13. When did the first Industrial revolution start? A) 1750-1760. B) 1590-1610. C) 1914. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1750-1760. 14. What was the purpose of the Manchester Ship Canal? A) To provide a shipping route for ocean-going vessels to Manchester. B) To serve as a dam for flood control. C) To create a recreational area for the public. D) To connect Manchester with local rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide a shipping route for ocean-going vessels to Manchester. 15. Urbanization is the movement of people from the rural (country) to A) Farms. B) Urban centers. C) The metropolis. D) The suburbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban centers. 16. Which invention greatly increased the speed and efficiency of producing cloth in the 1800s? A) The steam engine. B) The power loom. C) The spinning jenny. D) The cotton gin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The power loom. 17. Where did the Industrial Revolutions begin? A) Germany. B) France. C) United States. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Britain. 18. One negative effect of the Industrial Revolution in the United States was the ..... A) Decline of cities. B) Introduction of sectionalism. C) Destruction of waterways. D) Expansion of slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expansion of slavery. 19. Children only started to work during the Industrial Revolution. True or false. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer. A) STRIKE. B) UNION. C) KARL MARX. D) COMMUNISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STRIKE. 21. Who wrote novels describing the hard life of many people in England in the 1800s? A) Jane Austen. B) William Shakespeare. C) Charles Dickens. D) Friedrich Engels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Dickens. 22. Which of the following best describes the impact of the Industrial Revolution on global trade? A) It had no significant impact on global trade. B) It decreased the volume of global trade. C) It significantly increased the volume and complexity of global trade. D) It made global trade less important to economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It significantly increased the volume and complexity of global trade. 23. What was one major effect of the rise of factories during the Industrial Revolution? A) It led to a decrease in urban populations. B) It created new job opportunities for the working class. C) It caused the decline of international trade. D) It increased the power of rural landowners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It created new job opportunities for the working class. 24. New Markets form for new products, competition between makers of goods for buyers during the Industrial Revolution is an example of ..... A) Economic Impact on Society. B) Social Impact on Society. C) Political Impact on Society. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic Impact on Society. 25. What was Karl Marx's goal? A) A state religion. B) Absolute equality. C) Martial law. D) Mercantilism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute equality. 26. What diagnosis emerged from early railway accidents? A) Mechanical phobia. B) Traumatic neurosis. C) Railway spine. D) Industrial fatigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Railway spine. 27. Did the Spinning Jenny Help with the Textile Industry? A) Yes, the Spinning Jenny helped with the production costs. B) Yes, but only in the agricultural sector. C) No, it was primarily used for metalworking. D) No, the Spinning Jenny had no impact on the Textile Industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, the Spinning Jenny helped with the production costs. 28. She ..... her game by practicing every day A) Improved. B) Damaged. C) Boycotted. D) Reduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improved. 29. In London in 1873, how many people died of smog inhalation? A) 500. B) 800. C) 1000. D) 700. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 700. 30. Which of these men controlled most of the American railroad industry? A) George Pullman. B) Andrew Carnegie. C) Thomas Edison. D) Cornelius Vanderbilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornelius Vanderbilt. 31. European nations started to search new lands with the objective to ..... A) HAVE A BETTER LIFE. B) FIND RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS. C) BE GUIDED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FIND RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS. 32. Match the description with the correct inventor:He invented the sewing machine. A) Cyrus McCormick. B) Elias Howe. C) Eli Whitney. D) Samuel F.B. Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elias Howe. 33. Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of ..... A) Influence. B) Urbanization. C) Inflation. D) Urban Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 34. Which of the following study aimed to prevent smallpox during the Industrial Revolution? A) Pasteurization. B) Cowpox Vaccination. C) Anesthetization. D) Disinfection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cowpox Vaccination. 35. Where was the Ford Motor Plant located? A) San Francisco, California. B) Cincinatti, Ohio. C) Detroit, Michigan. D) New York City, New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detroit, Michigan. 36. It is more ..... to ride a bike than to drive a car because you do not need to pay for gas. A) Low-risk. B) Hands-free. C) Well-known. D) Cost-effective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cost-effective. 37. What was socialism? A) No more factories. B) Government runs the economy. C) Competition between businesses. D) The church and state work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government runs the economy. 38. What was not a prerequisite for industrialization? A) Transportation networks. B) Colonial possessions. C) Resources. D) Large population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonial possessions. 39. Which sentence best explains why the invention of the spinning jenny was important? A) The spinning jenny ended the need for cottage industries. B) The spinning jenny allowed people to make yarn out of new fibers. C) The spinning jenny made it possible to product much more clothing. D) The spinning jenny created jobs for people who could no longer farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spinning jenny made it possible to product much more clothing. 40. Which country was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution? A) Australia. B) The United States. C) Britain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 41. Which Factor of Production is about having the money that's needed to get Industrialization going? A) Land. B) Labor. C) Capital. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capital. 42. Industrialization in the United States led to an increase of A) Rural population. B) Sectionalism. C) Agriculture. D) Nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sectionalism. 43. What discovery did Louis Pasteur make that changed modern medicine and the treatment of diseases? A) The reality that diseases are caused by microbes called germs. B) The negative effects of miasmas in the air. C) The role of psychoanalysis in how people feel pain. D) The source of all diseases being contaminated water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reality that diseases are caused by microbes called germs. 44. What did critics call men like Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt? A) Entrepreneurs. B) Robber barons. C) Captains of industry. D) Tycoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tycoons. 45. The movement of people into cities is called ..... A) Urbanization. B) Absorption. C) Immigration. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanization. 46. Crop Rotation triggered the Agricultural Revolution-the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Crop rotation is A) Planting multiple crops at once. B) Fencing off land from peasants. C) Restoring the soil by rotating crops in different fields. D) Industrial production of crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restoring the soil by rotating crops in different fields. 47. What is Infrastructure? A) The basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. B) A type of building material. C) A form of government. D) A financial system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. 48. Which of the following is NOT an invention of the textile industry? A) Spinning Mule. B) Model-T. C) Power Loom. D) Spinning Jenny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Model-T. 49. What was the primary energy source that saw increased demand during the Industrial Revolution? A) Coal. B) Nuclear. C) Natural Gas. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 50. Chile and Peru ..... coppper to another country to sell. A) Labor union. B) Market. C) Export. D) Import. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Export. 51. What was the name of the first major strike in the US? A) The Homestead Steel Mill Strike. B) The Pullman Strike. C) The Great Railroad sStrike. D) The Knights of Labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Railroad sStrike. 52. Japan's policy of expansion in the early 20th century was motivated by A) A plan to end unequal treaties. B) The need to increase cultural diffusion. C) A lack of natural resources. D) The desire to spread communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A lack of natural resources. 53. What was a key factor in Great Britain's lead in the Industrial Revolution? A) Superior technology. B) Geographical isolation. C) Large amounts of coal and iron ore. D) Abundance of skilled labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large amounts of coal and iron ore. 54. Cornelius Vanderbilt was a captain of which industry? A) Oil. B) Textiles. C) Steel. D) Shipping and railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shipping and railroads. 55. The concept of interchangeable parts led to A) Increase in custom goods. B) Increase in agricultural production. C) Higher manufacturing costs. D) Mass production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mass production. 56. Which description fits a Tenement in industrial cities? A) A spacious, government-funded apartment with modern utilities. B) A crowded, poorly built, and unsanitary apartment building in a new industrial city. C) A rural farmhouse with attached workshops. D) A temporary housing unit for traveling merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A crowded, poorly built, and unsanitary apartment building in a new industrial city. 57. How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications? A) He invented the telephone. B) He invented the hearing aid. C) He invented the television. D) He invented the grain mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He invented the telephone. 58. Who invented Capitalism? A) Robert Owen. B) John Lock. C) Karl Marx. D) Adam Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adam Smith. 59. What enabled European powers to control Asiatic colonies and territories with more ease? A) Cash Crops. B) The Strait of Gibraltar. C) The Panama Canal. D) The Suez Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Suez Canal. 60. Andrew Carnegie, the author of The Gospel of Wealth, made his fortune in this industry. A) Telegraph. B) Steel. C) Oil. D) Railroads. 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