Industrial Revolution

Famous economists, defender of free-markets, author of The Wealth of Nations.

• Adam Smith
• Karl Marx
• Friedrich Engels
• Weyland Yutani

At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, European nations wanted

• Raw materials
• Land
• Wealth
• All of the Above

Which of the following was a cause of the Industrial Revolution?

• Agricultural Revolution
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• Socialism

the increase in agricultural yields led to

• a population increase
• a population decrease
• no change in the population

What was the first type of factory in Great Britain?

• farming
• shoes
• crop rotation
• textiles

Why did workers in the factories begin to support Socialism?

• The working class was oppressed by the clergy
• the working class was oppressed by the government
• the working class was oppressed by the nobility
• the working class was oppressed by the factory owners

Which of the following was developed to help the working class during the Industrial Revolution?

• mercantilism
• laissez-faire capitalism
• The cottage industry
• labor unions

Rapid movement of people from the rural areas to cities in search of industrial jobs was known as:

• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Depopulation
• Migration

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

True or False The Industrial Revolution was a cause of imperialism?

• True
• False