Industrial Revolution Review

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States

• France

• Germany

• England

Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?

• oil and natural gas

• wood and peat

• cotton and tobacco

• coal and iron

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

• urbanization

• average length of work day

• size of middle class

• life expectancy of average worker

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• increased purchase of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields.

• Increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century

• A widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week.

• Increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s.

What were the three factors of production required to drive the Industrial Revolution?

• government, military, colonies

• raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods

• land, labor, capital

• road, railway, motor transport

Joined workers together

• industrial revolution

• labor unions

• Entrepreneurs

• corporations

What is the movement of people from farms to cities?

• Utilitarianism

• Proletariat

• Urbanization

• enclosure movement

__________ is known as the Father of modern economics, who theorized Laissez-Faire, the idea that the market should have no political interventions?

• Karl Marx

• Thomas Mathus

• Frederick Engles

• Adam Smith

• Adam Sandler

Some of the machines invented in the 18th and 19th centuries are:

• telephones, geographic positioning system, radios, airplanes

• sailboats, automobiles, wheel barrels, clocks, word processors

• automatic washer, hair dryer, rockets, space shuttles

• steam engine, railroads, flying shuttle, phonograph, steam ships, light bulb

Capitalism is

• An economic system in which the means of production are owned by the public (government) and operate for the welfare of all.

• An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and money is invested to make profits.