Industrial Revolution Practice

In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution developed in Britain because Britain

• possessed key factors of production
• excluded foreign investors
• suppressed the enclosure movement
• required a minimum wage be paid to workers

What was one reason the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

• The government of Great Britain implemented a series of five-year plans.
• Great Britain had alliances with most European countries.
• Abundant natural resources were available in Great Britain.
• The practice of serfdom in Great Britain provided an abundance of laborers.

Which social change occurred during the Industrial Revolution?

• growth of the working class
• development of the extended family
• expansion of privileges for the landed nobility
• increased status for religious leaders

-Abundant coal resources
-Development of steam power
-Building of an extensive canal system

In the late 1700s, these conditions allowed the Industrial Revolution to begin in

• Japan
• Germany
• Russia
• England

A key idea in the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is that workers should support the

• overthrown of the capitalist system
• establishment of labor unions
• legislative regulation of wages and working conditions
• technological changes in production methods

Which idea is correctly paired with a document that supports it?

• colonialism-The Prince
• militarism-Sadler Report
• capitalism-Wealth of Nations
• monotheism-The Communist Manifesto

Adam Smith’s laissez-faire theories are most closely associated with

• the separation of church and state
• minimal government regulation of the economy
• a command economy
• high tariffs to protect domestic businesse

Which geographic feature most aided England during the Industrial Revolution?

• desert climate
• natural harbors
• mountainous terrian
• monsoon winds

The belief that workers of the world would unite to overthrow their oppressors is central to

• Social Darwinism
• Marxism
• conservatism
• laissez-faire capitalism

The workers in industrial countries must create a revolution, overthrow the existing governments using force if necessary, and then create a new classless society.

This statement expresses the views of

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Jomo Kenyatta
• Karl Marx
• Kemal Atatürk