Topic 4 - Industrial Revolution Review

Which best describes what capital is?

• Money used to invest in enterprises (business)

  
  

• The large number of workers that supplied a steady labor force

  
  

• Individuals who invested money and created industries

  
  

• the supply of resources used in the production process

  
  

The practice of enclosure helped increase farm outputs by

• creating employment for farm laborers

  
  

• making it possible to plant seeds in a row

  
  

• reclaiming rich farmland from the sea

  
  

• increasing the land available for agriculture

  
  

Which of the following is one main reason the IR was a turning point in world history?

• People stopped exchanging goods in outdoor markets

  
  

• the entire traditional rural lifestyle ended for most people

  
  

• Anesthetics became available for use

  
  

• People no longer needed to travel on foot or in horse drawn carriages

Why did the population of Britain increase in the mid-1700's?

• People moved to cities from farming villages to find employment

  
  

• more people were needed to work in factories on the new machines

  
  

• population statistics clearly show that people were healthier

  
  

• better farming led to a food surplus, so fewer people died of starvation

  
  

What important contribution did James Watt make to the Industrial Revolution?

• he developed a seed drill for planting

  
  

• he developed ways to increase crop yields

  
  

• he perfected a new source of energy

  
  

• he improved methods of iron smelting

  
  

The proletariat consisted of people from which social class?

• upper class

  
  

• working class

  
  

• middle class

  
  

• none of these

  
  

The economic system driven by supply and demand and promotes individual ownership is...

• capitalism

  
  

• communism

  
  

• entrepreneur

  
  

• socialism

  
  

The economic system where the state or public owns the means of production instead of private individuals is known as...

• capitalism

  
  

• socialism

  
  

• standard of living

  
  

• free market

  
  

Author of the Communist manifesto, this individual is credited as the father of communism.

• Eli Whitney

  
  

• King Louis XVI

  
  

• Thomas Malthus

  
  

• Karl Marx

  
  

The rapid population shift from rural to urban communities is known as...

• Social mobility

  
  

• Urban Renewal

  
  

• Urbanization

  
  

• Enclosure