Industrial Revolution (Quiz #3)

This economic system was seen as harmful during the Industrial Revolution

• Communism

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Utopianism

What caused an increase in population in England before the Industrial Revolution?

• Religious reasons

• More food

• Advances in medicine and surgery

• Having more children made people richer

This invention helped spread the Industrial Revolution to other countries

• Railroads

• Bessemer Process

• Cotton Gin

• Spinning Jenny

What is one way the Industrial Revolution harmed the world?

• Created more goods

• The Middle Class got wealthier

• Pollution

• Items could be made quicker

What are Natural Resources

• Items like coal, iron and wood

• Items like clothes, pants and shoes

• Items like cars, planes and trains

• Items like labor, capital and entrepreneurship

This economic system is when the some businesses are privately owned, but the government steps in to regulate when necessary.

• capitalism

• communism

• socialism

• Darwinism

This economic system is where private INDIVIDUALS own and operate business for a profit.

• capitalism

• communism

• socialism

• totalitarianism

This economic system is when nothing is privately owned; everything is shared equally.

• capitalism

• communism

• socialism

• utopianism

You may be a _____ if you believe in sudden, violent revolution to overthrow the upper class in order to create an equal society.

• capitalist

• communist

• socialist

• anarchist

Which of these would best match Karl Marx's beliefs?

• That people are a resource that needs to be protected from those that will exploit laborers.

• That capitalism was the solution to poverty.

• That the proletariat should have a bigger role in government.

• That the invisible hand guides competition.