Unit 9 Test Review

Which of these changes during the Industrial Revolution led to greater efficiency?

• Workers received labor rights.

• Major labor unions were formed.

• Slavery and other forms of forced labor were eliminated.

• Animal & human power were generally replaced with steam power.

"The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity and judgement with which it is any where directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.-Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776"

Which sector of the economy MOST LIKELY benefited from Adam Smith's ideas?

• agriculture

• finance

• manufacturing

• service

During the Industrial Revolution the factory system

• allowed more women to stay at home raising children.

• caused better working conditions for people in industry.

• allowed more families to spend more time together working at home.

• caused many workers to have their lives controlled by factory owners.

“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”

This quote was FIRST made by

• Karl Marx.

• Adolf Hitler.

• Joseph Stalin.

• Mohandas Gandhi.

​​​​​​​​​What effect of the Industrial Revolution MIGHT this picture represent?

• the rise of the middle class

• the increase in urban population

• the spread of infectious diseases

• the organization of the health care system

The industrial development of Europe had the GREATEST impact on

• environmental issues.

• political structures.

• the under usage of natural resources.

• a population shift from urban to rural settings

These maps show the population density of England at the start of the 18th and 20th Centuries. Darker colors represent a higher concentration of population.

What can be concluded from the population density of England during this time period?

• Families were torn apart due to factory labor.

• England's population grew during the World Wars.

• Textile manufacturing was no longer an economic factor

• The Industrial Revolution led to the growth of urban areas.

The population of cities grew rapidly in developing countries prior to the 19th century. This is because

• people can make more money in the city than they can in the country.

• the countryside provides mainly subsistence farming and good farming land became scarce.

• people prefer to live close to other people, and this is less feasible in the countryside.

• there is a wider variety of activities within the city, including a better choice of jobs.

As a result of late-18th- and early-19th century Industrialization in Europe,

• the family bond was forever strengthened.

• poor laborers were able to attain unknown prosperity.

• middle class women often ascended into positions of business leadership.

• working class families were often torn apart by their economic conditions.

One example of political change that took place in industrialized nations was

• increased democratic reforms and rights of workers.

• increased power of the monarchs and more government spending.

• less emphasis on foreign policy and focus on domestic issues.

• less bureaucracy and decreased representation for common people.