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World History Ch 9 Industrial Revolution Set 2
Test Description: World History Ch 9 Industrial Revolution set 2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What impact did technological advances have on industry?
A
Quality of products was decreased.
B
All of the above are true.
C
Production of goods was increased.
D
Number of factory workers decreased.
2) What is the laissez-faire policy?
A
a policy that allowed labor to set working conditions based on votes on issues relevant to their industry
B
a policy that let owners of industry set working conditions without government interference
C
a policy where labor created a committee to set working standards without interference from industry owners
D
a policy that taught owners of industry how to set working conditions based on government standards
3) What is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms?
A
utilitarians
B
strikes
C
collective bargaining
D
unions
4) What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain?
A
It eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs.
B
It displaced England's agricultural and fishing industries.
C
It encouraged people to emigrate to other countries.
D
It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods.
5) What was the benefit of being a stockholder in a corporation?
A
free goods produced by the corporation
B
complete ownership of branch corporations
C
all of these
D
not personally responsible for its debts
6) What was the impact of the steam engine on the production of British goods?
A
It launched the railway age that brought the transportation of people and materials to a new level.
B
It allowed small ferries to monopolize the transport of raw materials through English canals.
C
All of these are true.
D
It enabled the mining industry to work more efficiently without the need for workers.
7) What was the Industrial Revolution?
A
increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
B
increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
C
increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
D
a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week
8) What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
A
improved living conditions in cities
B
industrialization
C
poor crop yields
D
more efficient transportation systems
9) What were the long-term effects of Marx and Engels' The Communist Manifesto?
A
Working classes worldwide demanded a dictatorship of the proletariat.
B
During 1848 and 1849 revolts shook Europe but were suppressed.
C
In the 1900s, Marxism inspired revolutionaries such as Russia's Lenin.
D
Marx and Engels' predictions proved correct as economic forces alone ruled society.
10) What were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?
A
government, military, colonies
B
road, railway, and water transport
C
land, labor, capital
D
raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods
11) When the trade union movement began in Britain, the strike was an illegal action taken against
A
union workers by factory owners.
B
factory owners by union workers.
C
child laborers by factory owners.
D
non-union workers by union workers.
12) Which of the following did NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
A
affordability of consumer goods
B
living conditions for the average worker
C
educational opportunities
D
preservation of the environment
13) Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
A
transportation
B
the average person's diet
C
the quality of clothing
D
factory working conditions
14) Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
A
the length of the average work day
B
urbanization
C
the size of the middle class
D
the life expectancy of the average worker
15) Which of the following factors MOST contributed to the shorter life span of those living in cities as opposed to those in the country?
A
excessive garbage
B
long working hours
C
illness caused by unhealthy living conditions
D
inadequate housing
16) Which of the following is an example of a reform movement?
A
all of these.
B
women's rights
C
abolition of slavery
D
public education
17) Which of the following statements are true of socialism and communism?
A
Socialism and communism are two words for the same ideology.
B
Communism gives control of a country to its people and socialism gives control of industry to the people.
C
Communism is a form of complete socialism in which the people own all production and property.
D
Socialism and communism are two completely different and unrelated ideologies.
18) Which of the following was a key idea in the free-market system?
A
give government complete control of the means of production
B
refuse to interfere in either domestic or international economic matters
C
establish minimum wages and maximum working hours
D
protect the nation's industries from foreign competition
19) Which of the following was a result of the agricultural revolution?
A
Enclosures became landmarks of wealthy landowners.
B
All of the above are true.
C
Many small farmers became tenant farmers or moved to cities.
D
Landowners experimented with new agricultural methods.
20) Which of the following was NOT a government reform in the 1800s?
A
The Supreme Court created social security to support retired workers.
B
The Mines Act prevented women and children from working underground.
C
The Supreme Court of the United States objected to a federal child labor law.
D
In England, it became illegal to hire children under the age of nine.
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