Industrial Revolution

Which statement best describes the Industrial Revolution?

• important inventions suddenly changed life all across Europe
• There was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked
• the method of production changed, from machines to hand tools
• it destroyed farming and agriculture and created industry

The Industrial Revolution began in 

• France
• USA
• Britain 
• Netherlands

What is one way improved agriculture contributed to population growth?

• it led to better sanitation
• it created a surplus of food
• it meant that horses could be used for transportation
• it led to the production of more wool for warm clothing

During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?

• people migrated from villages to work on large farms
• people began selling their goods instead of trading them
• people learned to use machines to make their own clothes
• people migrated from rural areas to cities

British philosopher and economist who advocated utilitarianism

• James Watt
• Jeremy Bentham
• Robert Owen
• Henry Bessemer

Utopian socialist who set up a model community in Scotland

• Jeremy Bentham
• James Watt
• Henry Bessemer
• Henry Owen

Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it

• limited the individual freedoms of the people
• created prosperity for a few and poverty for many
• discouraged labor unions

The cotton gin was a machine that could 

• spin thread
• weave thread into cloth 
• remove insects from raw cotton
• separate seeds from raw cotton

The Luddites were a 

• a new religious movement
• political party
• labor organization
• secret socialist group

"The greatest happiness for the greatest number" was a goal of  

• utilitarianism
• socialism
• capitalism
• communism