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#Industrial Revolution
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The first area to undergo major industrialization was
railroads
coal mining
banking
textile production
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How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the Industrial Revolution?
It led to population growth
All of the above are true
It increased food supplies
It caused farmers to lose land and seek other work
3
What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain?
It eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs
It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods
It encouraged people to immigrate to other countries
It displaced England’s agricultural and fishing industries
4
What is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms?
utilitarianism
collective bargaining
strikes
unions
5
The economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned
capitalism
communism
Marxism
socialism
6
A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits is a
cartel
corporation
entrepreneurship
monopoly
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The process of developing the machine production of goods is called
industrialization
mechanization
urbanization
the technology revolution
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How did the Industrial Revolution improve the standard of living in England?
By protecting industries from foreign competition
By increasing the production of affordable goods
By discovering new sources of raw materials
By giving government more power to regulate business
9
The free-market system of capitalism was defended in the book The Wealth of Nations by
Adam Smith
Louis Pasteur
Karl Marx
James Watt
10
Large fields surrounded by fences or hedges
estates
enclosures
farmstead
plantations
11
The increase in output of machine-made goods that began in England was called
the Renaissance
feudalism
the Reformation
the Industrial Revolution
12
A person who organizes, manages, and takes the risk on a business is called
a tycoon
foreman
a robber baron
an entrepreneur
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factors of production are owned by the public and operated for the good of all people is called
capitalism
socialism
utilitarianism
totalitarianism
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The author of The Communist Manifesto
Adam Smith
James Watt
Karl Marx
Robert Fulton
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How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?
It created technology to clean them
It made the population grow faster than the housing supply
It made them lose valuable sources of food
It made the crime rate drop
16
Effects of the agricultural revolution included all of the following EXCEPT
new agricultural methods
small farmers being forced to find new jobs
the enclosure movement
famine among the lower classes
17
By the late 1700s, the best place to find a water frame and a spinning mule was in
a farm house
a factory
a barn
an urban home
18
Which of the following is an example of a reform movement?
women’s rights
all of the above
public education
abolition of slavery
19
What were the three factors of production required for industrialization?
government, military, colonies
land, labor, capital
road, railway, and water transport
raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods
