INC. Quiz 1 I.R. Reg. 2024

Who invented the first successful steam engine?

• James Watt
• Thomas Newcomen
• Isaac Newton
• Alexander Graham Bell

Who developed and improved a steam engine that could drive machinery?

• James Hargreaves
• James Watt
• Edmund Wilson
• Thomas Newcomen

What was the period known as the Industrial Revolution characterized by?

• A decline in machine manufacturing
• The decrease of output of machine-made goods
• A shift from an agrarian and human labor economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing
• The transformation of industrialized societies into rural ones

Which of the following was a cause of the Agricultural Revolution?

• Decreased investment in technical improvements
• Increased use of common lands
• Crop Rotation
• More farmers needed to work the land

Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors of production mentioned in the text?

• Land
• Labor
• Capital
• Technology

What was the main concern of a factory owner under Laissez-faire Capitalism?

• The health and safety of the workers
• How much profit he made
• The regulation by the government
• Providing job security for workers

What are Row Houses?

• Expensive homes for the wealthy
• Government-provided housing
• Inexpensive and poorly built homes for factory workers
• Luxurious apartments in the city center

The production of ____ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.

• automobiles
• cotton/cloth
• furniture
• toys

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
• increased output of machine-made goods vs. hand made goods
• a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week

A building that housed machinery and where workers came to produce goods

• Urbanization
• Factory
• Enclosure
• Cottage Industry