Test Industrial Revolution CP 2021

All of the following are principles of Capitalism EXCEPT

• Equal Distribution of Goods
• Private Property
• Self-Interest
• Competition
• Free Trade

What nation does the Industrial Revolution start in?

• England
• Europe
• United States
• France

All of the following are characteristics of the Factory System EXCEPT

• Centralized Workplace
• Division of Labor
• Skilled Workers
• Standardized Parts

Considered the father of Capitalism and Modern Economics and best known as the author of “The Wealth of Nations”

• Adam Smith
• Richard Arkwright
• Thomas Newcomen
• James Watt
• Richard Trevithick

invented the “Water Frame”

• Richard Arkwright
• Adam Smith
• Thomas Newcomen
• James Watt
• Richard Trevithick

invented the first successful steam engine (in 1712) to pump water from coal mines

• Thomas Newcomen
• Adam Smith
• Richard Arkwright
• James Watt
• Richard Trevithick

Introduced a refined steam engine that was more powerful and more efficient, which used a piston to drive a wheel rather than a pump.

• James Watt
• Adam Smith
• Richard Arkwright
• Thomas Newcomen
• Richard Trevithick

Pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developed the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive.

• Richard Trevithick
• Adam Smith
• Richard Arkwright
• Thomas Newcomen
• James Watt

Purchased a steam engine from James Watt and built the first commercial steamboat to travel upstream called the Clermont

• Robert Fulton
• Adam Smith
• Richard Arkwright
• Thomas Newcomen
• James Watt

Known as the "Father of Railways"

• George Stephenson
• Adam Smith
• Richard Arkwright
• Thomas Newcomen
• James Watt