Unit 8

Who invented the steam engine?

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• John Kay

People living in a multi-story building divided into apartments were called

• tenement

• labor union

• communism

The movement of people from rural areas to a city was called

• urbanization

• utilitarianism

• socialism

What are the effects of industrial revolution?

• population growth and rural people moved to cities

• cities were overcrowded

• poor working conditions and low wages

• great working conditions and high wages

• population growth and people moved to farmland

Why did Britain industrialize first?

• plentiful natural and human resources

• ready workforce

• prosperous economy

• availability of capital and demand

• stable government

Who created the idea of utopian communities

• Robert Owen

• Karl Marx

• Eli Whitney

Who first thought of the concept of communism?

• Karl Marx

• Robert Owen

• Adam Smith

Who thought population growth would out pace the food supply?

• Thomas Malthus

• Jeremy Bentham

• Eli Whitney

Who created laissez faire economics?

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Malthus

• Jeremy Bentham

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Malthus