INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN EUROPE

• The Industrial Revolution began in England for all of the following reasons except one. Which ONE of the following is most definitely NOT true?

a. England had high quality sheep for producing wool cloth.

b. England's government was stable and supportive.

c. England began by specializing in luxury products such as jewelry.

d. England's vast empire could provide raw materials and markets for products.

e. England had a powerful navy to keep open trading routes.

•  Which of the following was NOT one of the machines or inventions that contributed to the early phase of the Industrial revolution (18th century).

a. John Kay's Flying Shuttle

b. James Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny

c. Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

d. Henry Ford's automobile

e. James Watt's Steam Engine.

• Which country specialized in steel production and military technology (Krupp Works)?

a. Germany

b. China

c. Japan

d. France

e. the United States

  • Which of the following countries was the slowest and most recent to industrialize?

a. Germany

b. China

c. Japan

d. France

e. the United States

• Which country became #1 in industrial output by World War I?

a. Germany

b. China

c. Japan

d. France

e. the United States

• Which of the following was NOT one of the "wretched" working conditions of early industrialized countries?

a. Child labor

b. no minimum wage

c. unsafe machinery

d. abusive labor union leaders

e. crowded & unsanitary tenement housing

• Which of the following was NOT one of the results of the industrial revolution?

a. Bourgeoise and proletariat classes disappeared.

b. Many people moved to the cities.

c. European culture impacted primitive & isolated people around the world.

d. Productivity increased 100 fold; 1000 fold.

e. Imperialism increased.

• Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Marxist Communism?

a. economic determination

b. laissez faire;

c. a synthesis of clashing classes

d. atheism

e. sharing the surplus value of industrialism.

• Which of the following people is most closely associated with theories of communism (scientific socialism)?

a. Michael Bakunin

b. Adam Smith

c. William Gladstone

d. Otto von Bismarck

e. Karl Marx

• Which of the following people is most closely associated with theories of classical economics (capitalism)?

a. Michael Bakunin

b. Adam Smith

c. William Gladstone

d. Otto von Bismarck

e. Karl Marx