Starter quiz

  • Which word describes when a country develops heavy industries on a huge scale?
    • 'industrialisation' ✓
  • Which word means to move from one part of a nation to another?
    • 'internal migration' ✓
  • Complete the sentence with the correct time period: From , Britain was transformed by the Industrial Revolution.
    • c. 1650 to 1950
    • c. 1650 to 1850
    • c. 1750 to 1850
    • c. 1750 to 1950
  • Which of the following are ways in which the Industrial Revolution changed transport?
    • The air travel network was developed as road travel was still too slow.
    • The canal network was developed to link the main manufacturing areas with ports.  ✓
    • The rail network was developed as road travel was still too slow.  ✓
    • The motorway network was developed to connect London to all major cities.
    • The road network was developed to connect London to all major cities.  ✓
  • Match the steamship name to the correct journey it made.
    • 'SS Great Western'
      sailed from Bristol to New York ✓
    • 'SS Great Britain'
      sailed from Liverpool to Australia ✓
  • Complete the sentence with the correct figures: London saw the greatest population growth in this period, from a population of just under ______ people in 1800 to ______ in 1900.
    • 1 million  ✓
    • 1.6 million
    • 6.6 million  ✓
    • 66.6 million
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