History Revolutions in Technology

What was the first part of the economy to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution?

• agriculture

• mining

• textiles

• transportation

Which statement about changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution is true?

• Many people moved from farms and small towns to cities to find employment in textile factories.

• Industrialization did not take place in countries that had representative governments

• Agriculture was the first part of the economy transformed by machines.

• More people became subsistence farmers or self-employed craftsmen than in earlier times.

What is the best definition of the Industrial Revolution?

• the changes in the way people lived and worked that resulted from the rise of unions and community associations

• an enormous change in the way people viewed science and religion

• the rebellions by industrial workers that Karl Marx and others predicted

• the great changes brought about when machines and factories replaced animal power and handmade goods

What was Adam Smith's contribution to the early Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?

• His invention of the spinning jenny revolutionized Great Britain's textile industry.

• His writings formed the basis of a capitalist or market economy.

• His new technique for separating iron from ore allowed Great Britain to build the first railroads.

• His practical steam engine provided power for Great Britain's coal mines and factories.

Which statement about the impact of railroads on business and industry in the 1800s is false?

• The cost of manufactured goods went up.

• Finished goods could be transported to markets quickly.

• Manufacturers could get raw materials more easily.

• Small towns along railroad lines grew into major industrial centers.

Which statement accurately describes the Romantic movement?

• Romanticism looked for truth in nature and human emotion.

• Romanticism embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment.

• Romanticism grew from the classical ideals of Greece and Rome.

• Romanticism emphasized reason over passion and sentiment.

Which idea was not part of Karl Marx's philosophy as seen in Das Kapital or the Communist Manifesto?

• Business owners have never been fair to their workers.

• Capitalism is a bad economic system.

• If leaders followed the rules of Christianity, they would be better rulers.

• Workers are the real producers of wealth.

What was James Watt's contribution to the Industrial Revolution?

• He brought plans for new ways of producing textiles to America.

• He helped businesses communicate over long distances.

• His steam engine powered all kinds of machines.

• His spinning jenny revolutionized the textile business.

How did Charles Dickens's writing influence society?

• Poor factory workers went on strike for better conditions.

• Well-off people in Britain learned about the lives of the poor and demanded reform.

• Schools put more emphasis on reading and writing and less on math and science.

• The class struggles between rich and poor came to an end.

Which author proposed the theory of "natural selection," which other people called "survival of the fittest"?

• Charles Darwin

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Karl Marx

• Charles Dickens