History(Industrial Revolution)

Which of the followings is not a social class during/after the Industrial Revoution?

• proletariat

• the priests class

• the captialist class

• bourgeoisie

• the working class

Answer explanation

Actually if you have done your revision, you should know that proletariat is just another name of the working class. Besides that, the middle class is also called as “bourgeoisie”(extra info).

Which of the followings doesn‘t belong to the middle class during the Industrial Revolution?

• lawyers

• accountants

• engineers

• businessmen

• doctors

Answer explanation

businessmen belong to the capitalist class

Which of the following descriptions during Industrial Revolution is/are wrong?

• coal mines collapses frequently and workers are injured

• the wealth gap is narrowed and the problem of disparity continues to improve

• more people lived in farmlands

• the government is independent and free from businessmen‘s control

• population in Europe increases rapidly

Answer explanation

During the Industrial Revolution, population increases quickly and the wealth gap btween the capitalist class and the working class continues to widen. The capitalist class were rich and could influence government policies(or even enter the government as ms.leung said)

In 1700, the population of Europe was around 86300000; In 1750, it increased to 101800000 and proceeded to increase to 132000000 in 1800. It even soared to 213000000 in 1850 and 284000000 in 1900. Kan concludes that 1800 was the turning point in Europe‘s population. Is he correct?

• Yes, the population of Europe increases sharply and continously

• No, his words aren‘t trustworthy

• No, the overall trend is keep increasing

• Yes, before 1800, population only increases by at most ~0.53% per year. But after 1800, population can increases for as much as ~60% per 50 years.

Answer explanation

tricky maths lol

Before the Industrial Revolution, the main source of energy was animal and human power. During the early stage in Industrial Revolution, the major source of energy was steam power and coal gas. In the later stage of Industrial Revolution, it became electricity and oil. Nowadays different energy sources, including hydroeletric power, solar power, hydrogen power and so on has arisen. Can the Industrial Revolution be regarded as the turning point of energy sources in human history?

• Yes, various new energy sources appeared afterwards and doesn’t follow its original trend.

• No, electricity, wind power, human power, etc are all energy sources

• No. oil and coal is less environmentally- friendly than human power

Which of the followings is not a benefit of “division of labour”?

• workers became more skillful and their techniques are proficient

• the quality of works are improved

• more workers are needed and thus the expenses of businessmen increases significantly

• time is conserved

• there are too many procedures so a product cannot usually be made within its expected time(to be completed)

Which of the following descriptions is correct?

• most workers in textile industry are women because their salary is relatively low

• the development of factory system and joint-stock company caused modern captialism

• even without investors, a joint-stock company can still earn high profits

• most capitalists borrow money from the wealthy people to start their production(of a certain product)

• a lot of joint-stock company intruded other nearby countries to scramble for raw materials

Answer explanation

joint-stock companies don‘t usually own soldiers. It is the countries themselves who invade other countries and set up colonies to sell their products or accquire raw materials.

Most capitalists issued bonds or stocks to raise capital for their production.

Since cholera broke out in mid-19th century Europe, a lot of people died and European civilization started to decline.

• True

• False

Trade unions in the Chartist Movement demanded the right to vote for every man above __years old.

• 12

• 18

• 16

• 21

• 65

Which idea advocated the private ownership of property?

• Capitalism

• socialism

• Marxism

• utopianism

• geocentrism