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Division of Labor

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Labor?

a)

Work for wages

b)

Work for free

c)

Unpaid work

d)

Work for citizenship

2.

What is Feudalism?

a)

splitting of tasks among different people and groups

b)

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.

c)

system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord

d)

An economic system in which the means of production are collectively owned but a completely classless society has not been established.

3.

What is the Division of Labor?

a)

the splitting of social classes among different people and groups

b)

the splitting of tasks among different people and groups

c)

A belief in encouraging competition, hard work, education and innovation

d)

the struggle between the capitalist class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat).

4.

What is Communism?

a)

An economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

b)

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.

c)

An economic system in which the means of production are collectively owned but a completely classless society has not been established.

d)

Economic system prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion (gold and silver), establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.

5.

What is Capitalism?

a)

Work for wages

b)

system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord

c)

Economic system prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating gold and silver, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.

d)

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and development occurs through the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market.

6.

What is Socialism?

a)

An economic system in which the means of production are collectively owned but a completely classless society has not been established.

b)

The complex of radical socioeconomic changes that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in a shift from home-based hand manufacturing to large-scale factory production.

c)

Economic system prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating gold and silver, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.

d)

The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises

7.

What is Mercantilism?

a)

A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country

b)

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor

c)

Economic system prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion (gold and silver), establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.

d)

An economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

8.

What is a Colony?

a)

A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country

b)

The complex of radical socioeconomic changes that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in a shift from home-based hand manufacturing to large-scale factory production.

9.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Economic system prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion (gold and silver), establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.

b)

The complex of radical socioeconomic changes that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in a shift from home-based hand manufacturing to large-scale factory production.

c)

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor

d)

A material source, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state

10.

What is an Industry?

a)

The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises

b)

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor

c)

An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches

d)

The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor.

11.

What is Economy?

a)

To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.

b)

The middle class.

c)

Work for wages

d)

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor

12.

What is a Raw Material?

a)

A material source, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state

b)

A material source of wealth that is created by humans using raw materials and has economic value.

c)

Machinery

d)

Workers

13.

What is a Resource?

a)

A material source, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state

b)

The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises

c)

A material source of wealth that is created by humans using raw materials and has economic value.

d)

An abundance of valuable material possessions; riches

14.

What does Manufacture mean?

a)

The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises

b)

To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.

c)

system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord

d)

Economic system prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion (gold and silver), establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.

15.

What is Wealth?

a)

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor

b)

An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches

c)

A material source that is created by humans using raw materials and has economic value.

d)

A material source, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state

16.

Who are the Proletariat?

a)

The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor.

b)

The middle class.

c)

Investors of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.

d)

the one-percent

17.

Who are the Bourgeoise?

a)

The middle class.

b)

Investors of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.

c)

The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor.

d)

settlers in or inhabitant of a colony.

18.

Who is a capitalist?

a)

An investor of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.

b)

a settler in or inhabitant of a colony.

c)

The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor.

d)

The middle class.

19.

What is class conflict?

a)

A belief in encouraging competition, hard work, education and innovation

b)

The complex of radical socioeconomic changes that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in a shift from home-based hand manufacturing to large-scale factory production.

c)

the struggle between the capitalist class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat).

d)

Competition for wages

20.

What is 'Good Strife'?

a)

the struggle between the capitalist class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat).

b)

A belief in encouraging competition, hard work, education and innovation

c)

the struggle between the king and his subjects

d)

A belief in encouraging the overthrow of the government