Industrial Impact

Which of the following industries was the first to be industrialized?

• Automobile

• Agriculture

• Textiles

• Mining

In order for Germany to become a military giant, they had to industrialize.  In order to industrialize they needed to gain access to which important resources found in the Ruhr Valley?

• Silver and gold

• Salt and oil

• Coal and iron

• Oil and coal

The process of industrialization in Japan occurred during which era?

• Meiji Era

• Tokugawa Era

• Mitsubishi Era

• Laissez-Faire Era

In which European country, nicknamed the “workshop of the world”, did the industrial revolution begin?

• France

• Germany

• England

• Spain

All of the following are conditions of early industrialization EXCEPT

• Harsh working conditions

• Long hours

• Women, men, and chilidren worked together

• High wages

As a result of the Industrial Revolution, which European city had more than two million people by 1850?

• Birmingham, England

• Paris, France

• London, England

• Frankfort, Germany

  Who was the author of The Wealth of Nations, and believed in a laissez faire economy?

• Adam Smith

• Karl Marx

• Jane Addams

• Otto von Bismarck

The main idea presented in The Wealth of Nations was

• The government must interfere in the economy so the workers are not taken advantage of

• supply and demand, as well as competition will guide the economy as if with an" invisible hand"

• the factors of production should be owned by the public for the welfare of all people

• the lives of woman and children should not be put in jeopardy for the wealth of the nation

Which book on political reform explained “the proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.  They have a world to win, working men of the world unite”?

• The Wealth of Nations

• Communist Manifesto

• Mein Kempf

• Manifesto of Socialism

Which economic philosophy stated that the public should own the factors of production?

• Capitalism

• Utilitarianism

• Socialism

• Laissez Faire