Practise MYP History questions on 2 Innovation and Social Change and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
How did the introduction of the telegraph specifically change the management of large-scale businesses during the Industrial Revolution?
How did the adoption of electricity change the operation of industrial sites compared to earlier power sources?
What broader historical phenomenon is characterized by the 'collapse of time' through the telegraph, railways, and steamships?
The invention of electric power led to the creation of which entirely new industries according to the text?
Nursing became a professionalized career path largely due to the system changes and hygiene standards introduced by __________.
It made local markets more isolated from international price changes
It replaced the need for physical transport of any goods
It eliminated the need for handwritten accounting books
It allowed businesses to manage branches and inventory across continents in real-time
Reliance on machinery was reduced
Work was limited strictly to daylight hours
Factories were forced to move away from cities
Factories became more efficient
The Age of Localism
The Industrial Connectivity Upgrade
The Era of Permanent Slowdown
The Great Isolation
Railway construction and textiles
Agriculture and manual manufacturing
Lighting, appliances, and electronics
Coal mining and steam shipping
Florence Nightingale
Louis Pasteur
Thomas Edison
Meiji Emperor
