Industrial Revolution Test

Which of the following was the first area to undergo major industrialization?

• banking

• railroads

• coal mining

• textile production

How did the crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields?

• by allowing more land to rest

• by increasing nutrients in the soil

• by ensuring that more of the seeds that were planted actually sprouted

• by decreasing the amount of land used to grow nutrient-depleting crops

By the late 1700s, the best place to find a water frame and a spinning mule was in

• a barn

• a factory

• a farm house

• an urban home

An entrepreneur is a type of

• scientist

• inventor

• business person

• personal secretary

Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?

• factory working conditions

• the quality of clothing

• transportation

• the quantity of machine made goods

Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the industrialization

• urbanization

• the size of the middle class

• the length of the average work day

• the life expectancy of the average worker

Which of the following improvements was a LONG TERM reaction to the poor working/living conditions of the Industrial Revolution?

• Safer working conditions

• Better pay

• Cleaner living conditions

• All of the Above

Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?

• Adam Smith

• John Stuart Mill

• Jeremy Bentham

• William Wilderforce

Nineteenth-century socialists argued that government should

• leave the economy alone

• actively plan the economy to benefit everyone

• destroy the economy

• allow the economy to be controlled by the bourgeoisie

Which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated with?

• socialism

• communism

• utilitarianism

• capitalism