Why were advances in steam engine technology the MOST helpful in advancing the Industrial Revolution?

Steam provided a new, improved source of power for machines

Steam technology led to an increase in coal mining, leading o more employment.

Steam engines were much more efficient than those powered by fossil fuels.

Steam engines replaced many workers, allowing for more efficient production.

According to Adam Smith, if things are too expensive, consumers won't buy them, and if prices are too low, manufacturers can't afford to make them. Therefore, prices will be low enough for consumers, but high enough to allow for profits. What did he call this theory?

The Socialist Declaration of Principles

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

They had access to iron ore, coal, a large population, and plenty of money.

They had the best transportation system in the world.

Their use the Mercantile system in the 1700s led to more markets to sell to in the 1800s.

The English were politically and geographically isolated, allowing them to focus on invention.

How is Socialism different from Communism?

Both of these answers are correct.

In Socialism, the people can still own private property; in Communism, there is no private property.

In Socialism, the Government regulates the Economy, in Communism, the government is not necessary as the people control everything.

Neither of these answers is correct.

What was the MOST significant long-term effect of the Industrial Revolution, from the following choices?

More people live in cities and fewer people live on farms than before the Industrial Revolution.

People no longer wear hand made or home made clothing.

People mostly have jobs in factories and heavy industry.

People are wealthier, but less happy than before the Industrial Revolution.

Which of the following improvements to society did NOT come about as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

The Advancement of Women's Rights

Which of the following changes caused by the Industrial Revolution had the greatest impact on the lives of the population in newly industrialized areas?

As more people worked for wages and more goods were produced, peoples' standard of living rose overall.

As manufacturing jobs became more available, most peoples' standard of living fell.

As more industry grew in cities, more people died from disease and starvation.

As more people left farms for work in the cities, farmers began having more children.

The development of the __________ allowed Henry Ford to advance the concept of assembly line manufacturing as well as transportation.

Vulcanization process for rubber

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What name is given to the era from 1750-1900 that saw a huge increase in innovation, mechanization, and increased factory production?

Neolithic revolution

Capitalist revolution

Market revolution

Industrial revolution

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the Factors of Production?

Government

Land

Labor

Capital

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an entrepreneur?

A person who owns a factory and employs workers

A person who comes up with ideas to improve production

A person who provides money to improve industry

All of the above are entrepreneurial activities

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following inventions came FIRST?

Spinning Jenny

Steam Engine

Power Loom

Steel plow

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role did people like James Watt, Eli Whitney, and James Hargreaves have in the Industrial Revolution?

They all financed the opening of factories in England in the early 1800s.

They all invented, or improved upon inventions, that advanced the Industrial Revolution.

They all were important economic theorists during the Industrial Revolution.

They all smuggled ideas from England to the USA to help America catch up to England.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which British industry was the first to combine steam power and advanced technology to mass-manufacture goods?

Building materials

Roofing supplies

Fabric making

Transportation

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was industrial production preferable to hand manufacturing?

Mass produced goods were always of a superior quality.

It was less expensive to make your own goods than buy them.

Purchasing pre-manufactured goods was a status symbol in the Industrial Revolution.

It was usually easier and less time consuming to buy pre-made items.

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