MWH - Industrial Revolution
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- Q1Regarding Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, what happened regarding the change in where the population lived across the time of the Industrial Revolution?maritime - more people moved to fishing maritime communitiesurbanization - more people moved to the citiesfarming-more people moved to plantations20s
- Q2How did the developments of the enclosure movement, crop rotation, and advanced agricultural technology of the Agricultural Revolution affect people?Forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or move to the citiesdrove down the price of crops because there were more crops available for people to buyDecreased the amount of food each individual farmer could produceEncouraged more people to become farmers because they could earn more money doing less work20s
- Q3Why was England the first nation to industrialize?Since the Middle Ages, Great Britain was the leader of innovations and ideasThey had raw materials, like cotton, wool, and flax, readily available from their coloniesGreat Britain had the factors of production needed for industrializationNapoleon refused to allow any new ideas to be implemented on continental Europe20s
- Q4Which statement best reflects the values of socialism?We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost fingers, limbs, and even their lives.Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the farmers from the countryside to the city.Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people with a happy and safe life.Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt the balance of supply and demand20s
- Q5Which statement best reflects the values of laissez-faire capitalism?We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost fingers, limbs, and even their lives.Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt the balance of supply and demand.Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people with a happy and safe life.Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the farmers from the countryside to the city.20s
- Q6Which group would be most likely to agree with the statement : “The workers of the world have nothing to lose, but their chains. Workers of the world, unite!” by Karl MarxParliamentFactory OwnersCapitalistsUnions20s
- Q7Which situation shows the benefit of a union?Negotiated for better working conditionsOpposed (were against) the use of strikes to make changesConvinced workers their work hours were acceptableOpposed (were against) laws for minimum wage20s
- Q8Which is a NEGATIVE outcome of the Industrial Revolution?Europeans exploited and imperialistically threatened non-industrialized nations.No reforms were ever made to fix unregulated living and working conditions.There was not enough work for women and children to get jobs in factoriesLabor unions demanded their ideas for reforms be met or they would strike20s
- Q9- Europeans sought new markets for their goods. - Many Europeans migrated to the cities in search of jobs. - European middle class gained political power What was the major cause of these changes in Europe?Industrial RevolutionCongress of ViennaFrench Revolutionrise of feudalism20s
- Q10Utilitarianism held that government policies should promoteWars and epidemics to kill off excess peopleThe complete independence of each individualThe greatest good for the greatest number of peoplePublic ownership of the means of production20s
- Q11A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles’ Communist Manifesto is that the proletariatshould allow the capitalists to control the means of productionwould need foreign help to achieve its revolutionary endsmust unite to overthrow the capitalist classhad to cooperate with the capitalists to gain economic rewards20s
- Q12Before a nation can begin to industrialize, that nation must first developa democratic governmenta rigid class structurean adequate food supplya strong religious foundation20s
- Q13The Free Market system of capitalism was defended in the book "The Wealth of Nations" byJeremy BenthamJohn LockeJohn MiltonAdam Smith20s
- Q1414. Which revolution inspired Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to express their ideas in The Communist Manifesto?Glorious RevolutionNeolithic RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionScientific Revolution20s
- Q15A theory which says government should have limited involvement in the economy is:b. CommunismLassez FaireCapitalismSocialism20s