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Unit 1 Quiz Review - The Industrial & Cultural Revolutions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an improvement upon something that already existed or was already invented.
a)
Putting-out System
b)
Factory Production
c)
Invention
d)
Innovation
e)
Specialized Labor
2.
BEFORE the Industrial Revolution, this is how consumer goods were produced.
a)
Putting-out System
b)
Factory Production
c)
Invention
d)
Innovation
e)
Specialized Labor
3.

This is what we call it when workers are assigned distinct roles in the manufacturing process.

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Mass Production

c)

Craftsmanship

d)

Innovation

e)

Division of Labor

4.

This is how goods were manufactured following the Industrial Revolution.

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Mass Production

c)

Discovery

d)

Creativity

e)

Division of Labor

5.
This is something new that is created that did not exist before.
a)
Putting-out System
b)
Factory Production
c)
Invention
d)
Innovation
e)
Specialized Labor
6.

What was a significant factor that contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The development of new technologies

b)

The decline of urban areas

c)

The decrease in population

d)

The reduction in trade activities

7.

Which social class emerged as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Working Class

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Peasantry

d)

Middle Class

8.

According to Adam Smith, what is the invisible hand that guides a capitalist economy?

a)

government regulations.

b)

consumer demand.

c)

competition among businesses.

d)

technological innovation.

9.

Which philosopher's ideas laid the groundwork for the development of socialist and communist ideologies?

a)

Friedrich Engels

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Karl Marx

10.

What must be abolished to achieve a successful communist society?

a)

social classes.

b)

political parties.

c)

religious institutions.

d)

private property.

11.
In a socialist economy, who controls the means of production?
a)
The people
b)
The wealthy
c)
The government
d)
The King or Queen
12.
True of False: Adam Smith believed that economies worked best when there was no government interference.
a)
True
b)
False
13.

What is the term for the process by which organisms better suited to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

a)

Survival of the Fittest

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Evolution

d)

Adaptation

14.

Herbert Spencer is known for applying Darwin's evolutionary theory to the development of human societies. This concept is known as _________________ .

a)

Survival of the Fittest

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Socialism

d)

Social Darwinism

15.

The practice of improving the genetic quality of a human population by selective breeding is known as...

a)

Eugenics.

b)

Social Darwinism.

c)

Facism.

d)

Natural Selection.