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Review Quiz #15 Industrial Revolution 1. Adam Smith was founding father of which economic idea? A) mercantilism B) invisible hand C) iron law of wages D) Laffer curve E) laissez faire 2. Which economist published Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations? A) B) C) D) E) David Ricardo Thomas Malthus Adam Smith John Maynard Keynes Milton Friedman 3. David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus are both key figures in A) compiling new economic laws determining the impact of the Industrial Revolution B) creating important inventions which spurred the Industrial Revolution by allowing one person to do the work of many people C) developing in the steam engine which allowed factories to move away from water power D) encouraging the British government to take colonies in Asia to find new markets E) brining the Industrial Revolution technologies from England to continental nations 4. David Ricardo's Iron Law of Wages supported the idea that A) wages would always sink to subsistence levels B) wages would increase as industry grew C) wages would increase as population growth stalled D) wages drooped as workers moved to cities E) wages went up as the government became less involved in the economy 5. James Watt is best known for having invented the A) B) C) D) E) steam engine idea of all-weather roads flying shuttle spinning frame power loom 6. The agricultural improvements of the eighteenth century most clearly resulted in A) increased agricultural productivity and increased urbanization B) the Industrial Revolution C) a sharp decrease in hunger and poverty in Europe D) sustained economic growth for Eastern European peasants E) the end of serfdom in Russia 7. Which of the following groups would be most likely to oppose the Industrial Revolution? A) B) C) D) E) Romantic poets Aristocratic landowners Bourgeoisie merchants Overseas colonists Mechanics and engineers 8. While England was dominating production of most goods in the early nineteenth century, France was able to make inroads in the production of A) pig iron C) railroad tracks E) rubber B) luxury goods D) cotton 9. England's population growth in the early nineteenth century did not slow its industrial progress because A) the population growth provided more laborers to work in new factories B) many Englishmen decided to take their families to colonies in Britain's growing empire C) England was able to import enough food from its Asian colonies D) continental wars continued to lower the population before it grew too large E) new larger farms kept the people from occupying the city 10. The Crystal Palace built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 best displayed A) B) C) D) E) England's growing political liberalism England's leadership in industrialism England's great empire England's domination of continental affairs England's great naval power 11. Development in ships after the Age of Exploration focused on A) B) C) D) E) intercontinental travel passenger travel carrying freight moving through canals smaller ships 12. The puddling furnace helped to revolutionize which industry in England? A) Textiles C) Coal E) Agricultural B) Iron D) Railroad 13. The first industry to reap the benefits of the Industrial Revolution was A) metallurgy C) shipbuilding E) jewelry B) textiles D) transportation 14. Compared to men, women and children during the Industrial Revolution A) B) C) D) did not normally have to work faced even worse conditions worked primarily in textile plants did not have enough skills to operate machines E) had restrictions placed on the amount they could work 15. The invention of the water frame to spin cloth faster was important because it A) allowed factories to be built away from the water B) made it necessary to have a large number of workers in order to use it C) fostered the growth of the steam engine D) created a new type of cloth which was far more durable than cotton E) let workers create cloth from within their own homes 16. The invention of the steam engine was important because it A) allowed factories to be built anywhere, not just near water B) displaced coal, which was running out in England C) set the tone for the invention of the modern combustion engine D) made it possible for hundreds of workers to work in the same factory E) kept large factories from putting the workers in serious danger 17. Agricultural revolution helped fuel the Industrial Revolution by A) allowing people who no longer had to work as farmers to work as laborers B) spurring trade among the continent for the now abundant farm products produced C) forcing farmers to keep up with technology in order to stay competitive D) producing crops for people both on the continent in European colonies abroad E) ending the epidemics of disease which had plagued Europe since the middle ages 18. One way in which gender roles changed after the Industrial Revolution was that A) women primarily worked as secretaries and nurses B) women were expected to concentrate on housework and child care C) women could now work in the factories alongside men D) women from the poorest families no longer needed to work E) women were expected to marry late 19. Factory workers after 1850 experienced A) a generally increasing standard of living B) steadily decreasing wages and colonial wars began C) increasingly unemployment due to competition from the non–Western world D) more power due to the successes of labor in the mid-nineteenth century E) less competition from unskilled workers 20. Which class benefited most from the Industrial Revolution? A) Peasants B) Urban workers C) The bourgeoisie D) The aristocracy E) Royalty