Industrial Revolution Review for Exam

One similarity between the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights is that both documents.

• set up a two-party political system

• placed limits on the power of the monarch

• guaranteed equal rights for all citizens

• established the right to inherit the throne

One similarity between the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights is that both documents.

• set up a two-party political system

• placed limits on the power of the monarch

• guaranteed equal rights for all citizens

• established the right to inherit the throne

^{82015 26} In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution

developed in Britain because Britain...

• possessed key factors of production

• excluded foreign investors

• has smarter people

• required a minimum wage be paid to worker

• Abundant coal resources

• Development of steam power

• Building of an extensive canal system

^{62014 27} In the late 1700s, these conditions allowed the Industrial Revolution to begin in...

• Japan

• Germany

• Russia

• England

^{12014 23} Which geographic feature most aided England

during the Industrial Revolution?

• desert climate

• natural harbors

• mountainous terrain

• monsoon winds

^{62010 37} Rapid industrialization in developing nations has

often resulted in...

• little growth in urban centers

• decreases in the levels of pollution

• the continuation of traditional ideas in the workplace

• a growing gap between the rich and the poor

Which social scientists focus their studies on scarcity, resources, and profit motives?

• economists

• sociologists

• historians

• archaeologists

This drawing illustrates conditions that contributed primarily to the beginning of the...

• Napoleonic Wars

• Protestant Reformation

• French Revolution

• European Renaissance

Which statement best describes a consequence of Napoleon’s failure to understand Russian geography?

• A long period of high temperatures and lack of water overcame his troops.

• His armies could not cross the high Ural Mountains.

• Rough waters in the Baltic Sea destroyed his fleet.

• A harsh winter cut off his army from needed supplies.

During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by...

• investment bankers

• factory owners

• farm laborers

• industrial workers