This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Thomas Edison created the first commercially practical ..... A) Lightbulb. B) Engine. C) Assembly line. D) Railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lightbulb. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Orville and Wilbur Wright designed ..... A) The light bulb. B) Dynamite. C) The airplane. D) The telegraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The airplane. 5. The mass migration of people from farms to cities in search of work. A) Urbanization. B) Industrialization. C) Ruraling. D) Urbaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanization. 6. 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. 7. What invention was faster, cheaper, connected cities and countries and was the biggest improvement in land transportation to that point? A) Walking. B) Wagons. C) Ships. D) The Railroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Railroad. 8. 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. 9. What is a treatment for Malaria? A) Death. B) Quinine. C) Quality water. D) OFF mosquito repellant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quinine. 10. In what year was the Model T designed? A) 1908. B) 1927. C) 1913. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1908. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. Choose the word that means 'agriculture' ..... A) Factory work. B) Farming. C) The time period before 1700. D) Where workers craft goods in their own homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farming. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Which of the following helped British farmers increase food production in the 1700s? A) Reducing the size of their farms. B) Improved farm machinery. C) Crop rotation. D) The availability of more farm workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop rotation. 19. What was another name for oil prospectors who dug wells looking for oil? A) Wildcatters. B) Linesmen. C) Wellheads. D) Robber barons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wildcatters. 20. Most of the EARLY factories were located near ..... A) Rivers. B) Cities. C) Natural Harbors. D) Railways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rivers. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. Early factories were ..... A) Coal-powered. B) Water-powered. C) Wind-powered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water-powered. 25. 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. 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