Regents Review #4 - Industrial Revolution

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The invention of spinning and weaving machinery increased the number of workers in the textile industry in Europe because

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the demand for goods increased as goods became cheaper to produce

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Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?

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England's natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities.

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Which event caused this population shift in Great Britain? Options: rebellions in Ireland, the Industrial Revolution, emigration to the Americas, the bubonic plague

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the Industrial Revolution

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Identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain, according to the authors of A History of the Modern World.

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New technology to increase efficiency

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Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage.

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Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

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According to Martin Perry, what role did Adam Smith believe the government should play in the economy?

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The government should make very few laws that affect businesses.

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What was one development that took place in response to the conditions described in this passage?

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Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto

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Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

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To understand the conditions child laborers experienced

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Which event is associated with the changes shown on this map?

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Meiji Restoration

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What was the basic cause of the political changes shown on this map?

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Japan needed raw materials for industrialization