This lesson contains 15 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slide.
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AGE 8. The Time of Citizens and Steam Engines
Practise your knowledge
-Q-
Slide 1 - Slide
1. Drag and drop to finish this overview. Also check and correct your notebook.
candles / oil lamps
Modern Age
horses / walking
steam locomotive
much
manual
agricultural urban society
machines
Slide 2 - Drag question
2. The industrial revolution started in:
A
France
B
USA
C
Great Britain
D
Germany
Slide 3 - Quiz
3. Before the industrial revolution, most people worked in:
A
cities
B
rural areas
C
factories
D
slavery
Slide 4 - Quiz
4. Which statement is true?
I. In Britain, an agricultural revolution occurred before the industrial revolution. II. The agricultural revolution led to an abundance of food.
A
Both statements are true.
B
Both statements are false
C
Statement I is false and statement II is true.
D
Statement I is true and statement II is false.
Slide 5 - Quiz
5. The industrial revolution was boosted by the introduction of a new energy source, namely:
A
water power
B
steam power
C
sun power
D
wind power
Slide 6 - Quiz
6. Which statement is correct?
A
The Netherlands was one of the first countries to industrialise.
B
Industrialisation led to a growth in the agricultural work sector.
C
Industrialisation led to urbanisation.
D
In the industrial cities, the wages were high.
Slide 7 - Quiz
9. How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the Industrial Revolution?
Start at the top of the schematic.
higher demand for products
agricultural surplus
steam engine developed
new farming techniques
new inventions needed
population growth
Slide 8 - Drag question
cause
effect
12. Were the statements below causes
or effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Factories were built to house the big, new machines.
Entrepreneurs were willing to invest in new inventions.
Homeworkers could now work much faster than before.
The first machines led to unemployment of homeworkers.
growth of cities
population growth
Slide 9 - Drag question
employee
employer
2. Drag the texts to the correct target.
Someone who pays wages to workers.
these people worked for low wages
Another name for these workers was “blue collar”.
Factory owners belonged to this group.
He hires personnel and wants to make a profit.
these people mostly lived in slums
Slide 10 - Drag question
4. Read the following statements about the working and living conditions of the working class during the industrial revolution. Are they true or false?
a. People lived close to factories, so not only did they breath unhealthy air during their working day, but also when they were at home.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 11 - Quiz
4b. The factory owners were concerned about the welfare of their factory workers.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 12 - Quiz
4c. The machines were very noisy, so most workers became deaf.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 13 - Quiz
4d. Fatigue, long hours and dangerous machines sometimes led to deadly accidents.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
Slide 14 - Quiz
4e. There was a shortage of workers, so they got paid good salaries.