This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > History > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He developed the scientific field of Psychology. A) Karl Marx. B) Thomas Edison. C) Charles Darwin. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sigmund Freud. 2. Which of the following was NOT part of daily life for workers in the factories of the Industrial Revolution? A) Dangerous working conditions. B) Widespread pollution. C) Safe working conditions. D) Low wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safe working conditions. 3. Thomas Edison created the first commercially practical ..... A) Assembly line. B) Lightbulb. C) Engine. D) Railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lightbulb. 4. The Berlin Conference affected European imperialism in Africa by- A) Establishing partnerships with local kingdoms to promote trade. B) Defending the rights of African citizens to participate in colonial governments. C) Supporting the establishment of colonies on the African Continent. D) Developing guidelines to regulate joint-stock trading companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supporting the establishment of colonies on the African Continent. 5. The Second Great Awakening was a movement that prompted- A) Spiritual revival and the need for social reform. B) The use of reason and scientific theory. C) States' rights and ggovernmental reform. D) Mercantilism and the development of global trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiritual revival and the need for social reform. 6. Orville and Wilbur Wright designed ..... A) The light bulb. B) Dynamite. C) The telegraph. D) The airplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The airplane. 7. The mass migration of people from farms to cities in search of work. A) Industrialization. B) Urbanization. C) Urbaning. D) Ruraling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 8. Which of the following is NOT a way that the telephone and telegraph promoted growth during the Industrial Revolution? A) The telephone and telegraph made it easier for buyers to place orders on the goods they wanted to purchase. B) The telephone and the telegraph were used to place orders at restaurants. C) The telephone and telegraph were used for businesses to make sure that goods arrived in the right place at the right time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The telephone and the telegraph were used to place orders at restaurants. 9. What invention was faster, cheaper, connected cities and countries and was the biggest improvement in land transportation to that point? A) Wagons. B) Ships. C) Walking. D) The Railroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Railroad. 10. Which 2 major businessmen were Philanthropists? They donated money to charity or did charitable work themselves. A) Carnegie and Rockefeller. B) Morgan and Carnegie. C) Vanderbilt and Ford. D) Ford and Rockefeller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnegie and Rockefeller. 11. What is a treatment for Malaria? A) OFF mosquito repellant. B) Quinine. C) Quality water. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quinine. 12. In what year was the Model T designed? A) 1927. B) 1919. C) 1908. D) 1913. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1908. 13. What factors most contributed to making the Industrial Revolution happen? A) Larger populations and people having more money to spend. B) The plague and rising sea levels. C) New science applications and lower populations. D) Mice and gumballs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larger populations and people having more money to spend. 14. What was a major environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution? A) Reduction in air pollution. B) Extensive deforestation. C) Increase in biodiversity. D) Clean rivers and waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extensive deforestation. 15. What were the factors that led to a major increase in agricultural productivity in 18th-century Britain? A) Improved roads. B) New varieties of crops. C) All of the above. D) New types of equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 16. One negative impact of the Enclosure Movement was that many poor farmers had to migrate to the city and accept low wages working in factories. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Choose the word that means 'agriculture' ..... A) The time period before 1700. B) Where workers craft goods in their own homes. C) Factory work. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farming. 18. Which definition best describes the working class? A) Children in a society who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work. B) People in a society who are employed for wages, especially in education. C) People in a society who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work. D) People in a society who are employed for wages, especially in trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People in a society who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work. 19. This inventor patented the telephone. A) John D.Rockefeller. B) Andrew Carnegie. C) Wright Brothers. D) Alexander G. Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alexander G. Bell. 20. Which of the following helped British farmers increase food production in the 1700s? A) Reducing the size of their farms. B) The availability of more farm workers. C) Crop rotation. D) Improved farm machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop rotation. 21. What was another name for oil prospectors who dug wells looking for oil? A) Wellheads. B) Wildcatters. C) Robber barons. D) Linesmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wildcatters. 22. Most of the EARLY factories were located near ..... A) Rivers. B) Railways. C) Natural Harbors. D) Cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rivers. 23. Those who lived through the Industrial Revolution most likely A) Never learned to use any technology. B) Did not see any important historical changes. C) Never did any shopping and always made their own goods. D) Witnessed the development of new technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Witnessed the development of new technology. 24. Children were used in factories because they were ..... A) Small. B) Cheap labor. C) Less likely to be injured. D) In need of day care. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheap labor. 25. How has Sale and Manchester been shaped by the Industrial Revolution? A) Sale and Manchester remained rural and undeveloped during the Industrial Revolution. B) The Industrial Revolution had no impact on the economy of Sale and Manchester. C) Sale and Manchester developed railways, canals and factories. D) Sale and Manchester became primarily agricultural centres due to the Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sale and Manchester developed railways, canals and factories. 26. Early factories were ..... A) Coal-powered. B) Water-powered. C) Wind-powered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water-powered. 27. Why were children often preferred employees over adults during the Industrial Revolution? A) Children were more reliable. B) Children could be employed at a cheaper rate. C) Children were stronger and more skilled. D) Children were more educated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children could be employed at a cheaper rate. 28. What role did metallurgy play in the Industrial Revolution? A) It allowed for the production of stronger and more durable machinery. B) It improved textile manufacturing. C) It enhanced agricultural productivity. D) It led to the development of the telegraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allowed for the production of stronger and more durable machinery. 29. What word describes when people move from rural areas to big cities? A) Citification. B) Movement. C) Urbanizatiion. D) Expansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urbanizatiion. 30. The ..... was a technique used during the Industrial Revolution that greatly increased efficiency. It involved the worker or machine completing the same task over and over again as products moved down the line. A) Bessemer Process. B) Assembly Line. C) Trial and Error Method. D) Mechanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assembly Line. 31. Which group is identified as the Working Class in this vocabulary bank? A) Bourgeoisie-factory owners and bankers. B) Proletariat-factory workers who lived in tenements. C) Middle Class-entrepreneurs and merchants. D) Aristocracy-landed nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proletariat-factory workers who lived in tenements. 32. As a result of increased immigration to the United States in the late 19th century, many immigrant families lived in tenements because A) There was inadequate housing on the Great Plains. B) The federal government provided immigrants with free housing. C) There was a lack of affordable housing in overcrowded cities. D) They wanted to avoid living in ethnic neighborhoods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There was a lack of affordable housing in overcrowded cities. 33. Why was Marx wrong in his prediction that workers would unite across national borders to wage class warfare? A) He didn't foresee the rise of Communist governments. B) Germany and Russia adapted some of Marx's beliefs. C) The Communist Manifesto was about economics, not warfare. D) Nationalism won out over working class loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nationalism won out over working class loyalty. 34. What was one of the major reasons child labor laws were enacted? A) To ensure children received an education. B) To increase adult employment. C) To reduce the cost of labor. D) To improve factory productivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ensure children received an education. 35. What was the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland? A) No more monopolies. B) States cannot interfere with a federal institution. C) Only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) States cannot interfere with a federal institution. 36. British colonies also supplied ..... like cotton to London. A) Profits. B) Transportation. C) Investors. D) Raw materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raw materials. 37. What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Gibbens vs. Odgen? A) A state cannot tax a federal institution. B) Created judicial review. C) The federal government will control interstate trade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The federal government will control interstate trade. 38. What was the main reason that legislation against child labour took so long to pass? A) Child labour was profitable. B) Children could not vote. C) No one cared about kids. D) Parliament was lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child labour was profitable. 39. How did the development of new machinery impact production during the Industrial Revolution? A) It slowed down the manufacturing process. B) It eliminated the need for workers in all industries. C) It made handmade goods more popular. D) It increased the speed and scale of production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It increased the speed and scale of production. 40. In a steam engine, boiling water puts more and more expanding vapor into the air, and that vapor can not escape. This creates: A) Noise. B) Pressure. C) A loss of heat. D) Problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressure. 41. Having little or no money, materials or means of support A) Suburb. B) Exploit. C) Unsanitary. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poverty. 42. This was NOT invented during the 19th c. A) Light Bulb. B) Telephone. C) Computer. D) Typewriter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Computer. 43. What was Eli Whitney's method of production that uses machines to create exactly the same parts, making assembly and repairs easier? A) Urbanization. B) Interchangeable Parts. C) Monopolies. D) Assembly Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interchangeable Parts. 44. What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in? A) United States. B) France. C) Britian. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britian. 45. In the late 19th century, inventions such as the mechanized reaper and the steel plow made farming more efficient. What impact did the introduction of farm machinery have on American farms in the 19th century? A) More workers were needed to run the new machines. B) Large farms increased their output and supplied food to eastern cities. C) Wages for unskilled farm workers increased. D) The high cost of the machines made farming unprofitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large farms increased their output and supplied food to eastern cities. 46. This is an economic and political system based on public or government ownership of all resources and industries. A) Socialism. B) Monarchy. C) Democracy. D) Anarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialism. 47. What is the other name for unregulated capitalism? A) Bisous. B) L'industrie. C) Travail-faire. D) Laissez-faire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laissez-faire. 48. Which of the following descriptions of the influence of the Enclosure Movement is correct? A) British landlords were given large pieces of land. B) Merchants built many factories on areas which were farmlands previously. C) Many farmers lost their job. D) The urban population sharply decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many farmers lost their job. 49. Another advantage in Britain, that it has rivers and harbors to allow people to travel and move goods. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. What was one impact of the transportation improvements during the 1800s in the United States? A) Cities grew in size. B) People moved further west. C) Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois were easier to travel to. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 51. The time in history were there was an increase in machines which replaced work that was once performed by animals or humans. A) Monopoly. B) Mass Production. C) Industrialization. D) Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrialization. 52. What was a major reason European nations competed for control of Africa during the second half of the 1800s? A) Africa had a wealth of natural resources. B) Slave labor was needed in the Americas. C) African nations offered religious and political freedom. D) Europeans needed land for their excess population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Africa had a wealth of natural resources. 53. He invented the method of interchangeable parts A) Henry Ford. B) Eli Whitney. C) Adam Smith. D) Robert Owen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eli Whitney. 54. The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by ..... A) Decreasing the wages of unskilled workers. B) Increasing the cost of raw materials. C) Opening new markets for goods. D) Discouraging Congress from instituting tariffs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opening new markets for goods. 55. When you use machines to make goods it is called: A) Capitalism. B) Collective Bargaining. C) Industrialization. D) Factors of Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrialization. 56. Which of the following was something employers used to hurt labor unions? A) Monopolies. B) Sweatshops. C) Xenophobia. D) Blacklists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blacklists. 57. The Meiji Restoration in Japan was prompted in part by A) A desire to stay isolated. B) A fear that Japan would be colonized by western nations. C) The Shogun's conversion to Christianity. D) The failure of Japanese expansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fear that Japan would be colonized by western nations. 58. What was the main purpose of constructing improved roads in Europe during the Industrial Revolution? A) To increase agricultural productivity. B) To promote tourism. C) To provide faster transportation for goods. D) To connect existing waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide faster transportation for goods. 59. The ..... began in Great Britain for a number of reasons. A) Developed country. B) Raw material. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 60. Who invented the spinning mule? A) Richard Arkwright. B) Henry Ford. C) Samuel Crompton. 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