Quiz #9 - French & Industrial Revolutions

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• Inequalities in Society - Represented by the Three Estates
• Financial crises
• The development of the textile industry in France
• Enlightenment ideas

To what does Crane Brinton liken the path of a revolution?

• A roller coaster
• A bad horror movie
• The plot of the Star Wars series
• A disease, i.e the flu

Who is Robespierre & what was the Reign of Terror?

• Radical leader of the Committee of Public Safety, execution of more 17,000 over 10 months
• King of France during the Revolution, period of "Great Fear" during the incident at the Bastille
• Author of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, period of complete freedom
• French dictator, period of European solidarity under Robespierr'es dictatorship

Who was Napoleon?

• French King
• English diplomat
• Dictator who ended the Revolution in France and proceeded to conquer most of Europe
• Italian painter - famous for the School of Athens

Why did the Industrial Revolution happen first in Britain?

• Abundant factors of production; greater presence of coal
• British people are inherently smarter
• The British had to prove they were more advanced than the fledgling Americans
• The ideas of science had not yet traveled outside of the British Isles

What are the factors of production?

• Strength, Steel, & Simony
• Money, Money, Mon-ay
• Land, Labor, & Capital
• Time, Service, & Resources

The greatest societal change of the Industrial Revolution was that people moved from _____ to _____?

• East to West
• Commercial lifestyle to a simple lifestyle
• Nomadic lifestyle to a settled lifestyle
• Rural/Agricultural Means of Existence to an Urban/Industrial one

Which of the following is NOT a key feature of capitalism?

• Public ownership of key infrastructure
• Profit Motivation
• Private Ownership of Goods
• Market Economy - principle of laissez-faire economics

Who is considered the founder of capitalism, in the book Wealth of Nations?

• Thomas Hobbes
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Maximillien Robespierre
• Adam Smith

Who is considered the founder of communism, in his books The Communist Manifesto & Das Kapital?

• Adam Smith
• Napoleon
• Democrats
• Karl Marx