The Industrial Revolution

A new form of transportation that immediately resulted from the Industrial Revolution was the 

• Locomotive
• Motorboat
• Tank Engine
• Jet plane

A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks to start a business is called a(n)

• Scab
• Jacobin
• Entrepreneur
• Jesuit

Countries that experienced the Industrial Revolution also experienced _____ as a result

• Revolution
• Urbanization
• Independence
• Colonization

The growth of cities and the migration of people into them.

• Imperialism
• Nationalism
• Citivization
• Urbanization

The theory that business, if free of government regulation, will act in ways that benefit the nation is called

• laissez-faire
• socialism
• Marxism
• mercantilism

An economic system based on private ownership of resources and the use of those resources to make a profit is called 

• Marxism
• Socialism
• Capitalism
• Communism

Which of the following did Britain have access to which allowed it to industrialize before any other nation?

• Good harbors
• Land, labor, and capital
• Stable government and economy
• All of these options are correct

The Industrial Revolution began in Britain because it had

• Good harbors and geography
• Stable government and economy
• Access to land, labor, and capital
• All of these

Manufactured goods were produced in mass quantities in _____ during the Industrial Revolution.

• Cottage industry
• Factories
• Africa
• Homes

The creation of the ____ ____ allowed machines to run on coal rather than water power.

• assembly line
• cotton gin
• steam engine
• movable parts