Industrial Revolution in Europe

What Resource was Great Britain plentiful that helped with new machines?

• iron and coal

• oil and plasic

• iron and oil

• rubber and iron

What effects did it have on the population?

• population boom

• decline in population

• famine/disease spread faster than ever before

• the population did not go up or down

The Industrial Revolution was a change in

• agricultural techniques
• the way in which products were made
• the governments of Europe
• the way people thought

One result of the Agricultural Revolution was

• increase in food production
• decrease in the amount of food produced
• Increase in the number of farmers
• decreased population

The factory created a new labor system in which

• workers required skill and received high wages
• Workers had to work regular and long hours, and perform repetitive tasks for low wages
• Workers welfare was highly valued
• Workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods

Why did coal production expand greatly during the Industrial Revolution?

• People preferred to use coal over electricity
• Coal was an environmentally clean fuel
• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job
• Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines

How did the railroads guarantee the success of the Industrial Revolution?

• An increased supply of goods could reach more markets faster.
• People could commute from their homes to work
• The railroads did not influence the industrial revolution at all
• It caused land to be redistributed to the poor

The growth of cities is called?

• urbanization
• ruralization
• decentralization
• capitalism

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was seen in the

• Emergence of the middle class and the working class
• Famines caused by families abandoning their farms
• Cloud of air pollution that choked the British Isles
• Growing death rates from accidents on the roads

Adam Smith would most likely agree with which statement?

• Revolution is the only solution to economic problems.

• Five-year plans are necessary in order to industrialize.

• All nations would benefit from an agricultural economy.

• Government should follow a laissez-faire policy.