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1
What natural resources gave Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?
Natural Gas
Forest
Minerals
Iron and Coal
2
Karl Marx said that history can be seen as a struggle between who/what?
Women in Factories
Social Classes
Child Laborers
Communist and Capitalist
3
Movement of people to cities
Rural Lifestyle
Suburban Lifestyle
Westward Expansion
Urbanization
4
The ________ helped the working class fight for better pay, better hours, and safer conditions.
Gestapo
Factory Owners
Upper Class
Unions
5
Which statement about railroad systems in the 19th and early 20th centuries is accurate?
European governments opposed the development of railroads
Railroads helped promote the factory system and urbanization
Railroads made transportation of goods less efficient
Imperialists rejected the use of railroads in their colonies
6
What group of the labouring class was most likely to be injured while doing factory work?
Women
Men
Children
Elderly
7
What was the term for the upper middle class, included industrialist, bankers, and merchants?
Slobs
Proletariat
Bourgeoisie
Nobility
8
Women made up much of the workforce of new factories because...
Earned High Wages
Worked at home
Paid Less
Easier to manage
9
The theory says that the goal of society should be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people"
Utilitarianism
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
10
Who agreed with a "Laissez-Faire" economic policy?
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Robert Owen
Fredrich Engels
11
Which of the following allowed for the Industrial Revolution to start in Great Britain?
Natural Resources
New Technology
Human Resources
All of the Above
12
In the early 18th, century the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in
factory work strengthened extended families
displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs
enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms
the middle class decreased in size
13
Which geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?
highland climate
monsoon winds
Good harbors
Large forests
14
What was a result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe?
the growth of the middle class
a decrease in international trade
an increase in nomadic herding
a decline in urban population
15
____________ were laws passed to help protect children working in the factories.
Factory Acts
Laws
Child Helper Laws
Amendments
16
Which of the following led to more workers being available for factory jobs?
Women were allowed to work in factories
Emancipated children
Lack of slave labor
19th century population boom
17
Definition: Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
Factors of Growth
Factors of Life
Factors of Production
Factors of Urbanization
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Before a nation can begin to industrialize, that nation must first develop
an adequate food supply
a rigid social class structure
a strong religious foundation
a democratic government
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These helped workers to organize themselves and push for reforms
Urbanization
Labor Unions
Utopianism
Communism
20
During the Industrial Revolution, which development resulted from the other three?
Factory conditions affected people's health
Unskilled laborers received low wages
Machinery replaced workers
Labor unions were formed
21
Which characteristic is associated with an economy based on the principles of laissez-faire?
some goods exchanged for other goods of equal value
production quotas established by the central government
prices based on supply and demand
distribution of goods determined by the customs of a traditional society
22
Large-scale production of goods is known as
Least production
Super Production
Assembly Line Production
Mass production
23
How many hours did people work a day in the factories?
4-6 Hours
6-8 Hours
12-16 hours
8-10 hours
24
Who urged families to have fewer kids?
Thomas Malthus
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
25
Which theory says that society as a group rather than individuals should own factors of production?
Communism
Social Darwinism
Socialism
Capitalism
26
James Watt invented this; it became a vital source of power during the early Industrial Revolution
Steam Engine
Spinning Mule
Water Frame
Spinning Jenny
27
Which 19th-century economic condition was the basis for the ideas of Karl Marx?
The availability of material goods increased
Capitalism contributed to a widening gap b/w the rich and poor
People left farms and moved to the cities in search of work
Access to certain resources changed how good were produced
28
Which 19th century British group would most likely object to the government regulation of businesses?
clergy
laissez-faire capitalists
labor unions
socialists
29
A major result of the Industrial Revolution was the
control of agricultural production by governments
concentration of workers in urban areas
increased desire of the wealthy to share its power
formation of powerful craft guilds
30
According to Karl Marx, the course of history is determined by
economic class struggle
religious wars
political domination
nationalistic uprisings
31
British economist pioneered the "iron law of wages"saying that the poor and the working class would never escape poverty
David Ricardo
Adam Smith
Thomas Malthus
Karl Marx
32
In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution developed in Britain because Britain
Excluded foreign investors
Suppressed the enclosure movement
required a minimum wage be paid to workers
Possessed key factors of production
33
Rich farmers encouraged this movement, which pushed small farmers off their land
Scientific Farming
Enclosure Movement
Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural Movement
34
This is the one social class that benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution
The Middle Class
Urban workers
peasants
Bourgeoisie
35
Which development caused the other three?
unsafe working conditions
increased urbanization
introduction of the factory system
increased productivity of industrial workers
36
The beginnings of both the Neolithic and Industrial Revolutions depended on
Political Reforms
Increased Social Mobility
Cultural Isolation
Technological Advancements
37
In Europe, which group benefited the most from the industrialization of the 19th century?
factory workers
clergy
rural farmers
middle class
38
Karl Marx predicted that laissez-faire capitalism would result in
fewer government regulations
a return to manorialism
an equal distribution of wealth and income
a revolution led by the proletariat
39
At first, factories were built by rivers & streams because they used water power.
False
True
40
Which of the following led to the ability to feed a growing population?
New agriculutral methods
New factories
New methods of transportation
New housing
