Industrial Revolution Prep

What are four causes of the Industrial Revolution?

• Agricultural Revolution, new inventions, steam power, and availability of capital (money and resources)
• Agricultural Revolution, new inventions, nuclear power, and availability of coal
• Population boom, Invention of the light bulb, the creation of the internal combustion engine and availability of capital (money and resources)
• Population boom, new inventions, steam power, and availability of slavery

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Great Britain
• United States of America
• France
• Germany

Which of the following resources was essential for the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

• Coal
• Oil
• Wood
• Stone

How did the factory system change how people lived?

• People no longer worked from home, and not had to follow strict rules and schedules
• People no longer worked from home, but now worked alongside others who helped make labor easier.
• People were now free to work from home, making the labor slower but easier.
• People would remain home to make their goods, and then they would have to deliver them to the factories themselves

Which of the following are effects of the Industrial Revolution?

• Peasants were kicked off lands enclosed by the nobles. Forced to move to cities.
• Cities became overcrowded, polluted, and suffered from widespread disease.
• Creation of new social classes; a business class that owned the factories and a working class that worked in them.
• People became healthier with more access to food and better medicines.
• Wider access to public education provided more opportunities for all classes, making them for equal

What were two economic ideas that developed during the Industrial Revolution?

• Socialism
• Laissez-Faire
• Mercantilism
• Barter

Who created the idea of communism?

• Karl Marx
• Adam Smith
• Michael Faraday
• Charles Dickens

What does communism believe prevents perfect equality among people?

• Private property
• Public education
• Access to food and water
• Only men are allowed to vote

How does Industrialization lead to Imperialism?

• Factories need more raw materials for the mass production of finished goods, and new markets are needed to sell those goods.
• Factories need more raw materials for the mass production of finished goods, and there needs to be a place to store the excess.
• Factories need more slaves for the mass production of finished goods, and new markets are needed to sell those goods.
• Factories need more machines for the mass production of finished goods, and conquering foreign lands makes it easier to make those machines

Which of the following are causes of Imperialism?

• Competition for national pride and feelings of cultural superiority
• Competition for national pride and the spread of communism
• Need to find an alternative to the Silk Road and feelings of cultural superiority
• Spread of Christianity and communism