Unit 6 SPICE Questions Part One

What was the Industrial Revolution?

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

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

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

• D. increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s

What impact did technological advances have on industry?

• A. Production of goods was increased.

• B. Quality of products was decreased.

• C. Number of factory workers decreased.

• D. All of the above are true.

Why did the Industrial Revolution start?

• A. France invented the steam engine to run machines

• B. There were too many people in England and it was cheaper to use human labor

• C. There were not enough people to create natural resources so machines were invented to make them

• D. Great Britain had the right amount of resources, people, and money to move to machines

What happened when factories came to the cities?

• A. There was enough work so unemployment was high

• B. Women were treated with respect in the workforce

• C. There was little urbanization or sanitation issues

• D. A growing amount of pollution

What was the importance of the steam engine in the industrial revolution?

• A. They were used in trains and ships for purely recreational (fun) activities

• B. They powered cars and trucks which allowed for mass transportation

• C. It ran machines and allowed factories to be built in cities away from rivers

• D. It got water from the rivers which was converted to steam and poured back into the rivers

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

• A. urbanization

• B. the size of the middle class

• C. pay for the average worker

• D. consumer products

Which of the following was a key idea in the free-market system?

• A. protect the nation's industries from foreign competition

• B. establish minimum wages and maximum working hours

• C. give government complete control of the means of production

• D. refuse to interfere and encourage competition in business

What were the economic effects of the industrial revolution

• A. The price of goods rose causing the rich to get wealthier

• B. People began to move to cities causing urbanization

• C. It generated a great deal of pollution

• D. Goods were less expensive so more people could buy industrial produced goods

What are the main aspects of Capitalism?

• A. No government involvement and competition among businesses

• B. Massive government planning and monopolies for state sponsored businesses

• C. There is free markets and monopolies for businesses

• D. People are free to run businesses but have to share the profits equally

What ideas did Adam Smith come up with in Wealth of Nations?

• A. Free Market Theory, Invisible Hand, and Lassie Faire

• B. Religious Tolerance, and the Bill of Rights

• C. Equality, and Individual Rights

• D. Supply and Demand, Invisible Hand, and Trickle-Down Economics