Lesson Y8-U04-L03

From Cottage to Factory Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 10

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U04-L03, From Cottage to Factory: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 10: Year 8: Industrial Revolution, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What was the domestic system also known as?

    • Canal industry
    • Cottage industry
    • Factory industry
    • Turnpike industry

  2. Who supplied raw wool to families working under the domestic system?

    • A local monarch
    • The parish priest
    • The factory owner
    • A merchant

  3. What was Richard Arkwright's water frame?

    • A hand-operated loom
    • A coal-mining drill
    • A water-powered spinning machine
    • A steam railway engine

  4. In which year did Richard Arkwright build the water frame?

    • 1807
    • 1701
    • 1771
    • 1833

  5. Why did Richard Arkwright build his water frame machines beside rivers?

    • Kept workers cool
    • Needed water power
    • Allowed easy exporting
    • Required ocean tides

  6. What best describes the factory system?

    • Working alone at home
    • Machines and workers together
    • Farming in open fields
    • Trading goods abroad

  7. What did factory discipline mean for industrial workers?

    • Complete personal freedom
    • Choosing your own hours
    • Strict rules and control
    • Working without a boss

  8. How were working hours usually regulated inside early factories?

    • By a bell and clock
    • By natural daylight
    • By the seasons
    • By individual choice

  9. What punishment could a factory worker receive for arriving late?

    • Sackcloth uniform
    • Prison time
    • Extra shift
    • A fine

  10. What controlled working hours in the new industrial factories?

    • Individual choice
    • The rising sun
    • The church clock
    • The factory bell

  11. What did factory rulebooks fining minor actions demonstrate about owners?

    • Complete freedom
    • Strict discipline
    • Generous welfare
    • Total democracy

  12. How did overseers deal with factory workers who slackened?

    • Promoted them
    • Sent them home
    • Strapped them
    • Gave them tea

  13. What freedom did workers lose when moving from home to factory?

    • Setting hours
    • Walking outside
    • Choosing clothes
    • Eating lunch

  14. Which hours did many children typically work in early cotton mills?

    • Night shifts only
    • Early till late
    • Nine till five
    • Short afternoon

  15. Why did factory owners require all workers to start at the same time?

    • Lighting costs
    • Government laws
    • Expensive machinery
    • Union rules

  16. Apart from new machinery, what was considered the factory's real invention?

    • Discipline
    • Trade unions
    • Assembly lines
    • Electricity

  17. How did cloth production in factories differ from the domestic system?

    • Handmade only
    • Higher quality
    • Lower profit
    • Much faster

  18. Why was the water frame more significant than the traditional spinning wheel?

    • Fit in cottages
    • Used hand power
    • Spun faster
    • Cost nothing

  19. What was the main role of an overseer in a textile mill?

    • Design clothes
    • Pay wages
    • Watch workers
    • Sell goods

  20. Which system was chosen by 1790 merchants wanting mass cloth production?

    • Guild system
    • Factory system
    • Domestic system
    • Farming system

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