Industrial Revolution Question Preview (ID: 43547)


Industrial Revolution. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What country was first in starting an Agricultural Revolution?
a) England
b) Netherlands
c) France
d) Russia

Who invented the seed drill?
a) Jethro Tull
b) James Smith
c) Abraham Darby
d) Henry Bessemer

Which of the following invented the Original Steam Engine?
a) James Watt
b) George Stephenson
c) Thomas Newcomen
d) Robert Fulton

Which of the following explains why the population increased after 1750?
a) more babies being born
b) immigrants moving into the area
c) less capital punishment
d) declining death rates

Who invented the spinning jenny?
a) James Hargreaves
b) Abraham Darby
c) Richard Arkwright
d) John Kay

Which of the following identifies Karl Marx's opinion of societal issues?
a) class structure
b) socialism
c) oppressive monarchies
d) not enough money for the wealthy

Which of the following is not an English factor of production?
a) Stable government
b) ample natural resources
c) large amounts of capital
d) lack of class structure

Where did poor working class people live?
a) tenements
b) sky rise apartments
c) local middle class neighborhoods
d) elaborate log cabins

According to laissez-faire economists, the cure for poverty was
a) popular reform movements
b) an unrestricted free market
c) laws requiring factories to increase wages
d) welfare

According to socialists, the solution to poverty and injustice was
a) shared ownership by the people of the means of production.
b) armed revolution to overthrow the proletariat.
c) individual ownership of the means of production.
d) the charity and good works of the religious community.

The movement of people from the country to cities
a) urbanization
b) city migration
c) rural migration
d) immigration

a single person who organizes, manages, and takes on risks of a business
a) corporation
b) partnership
c) cartel
d) sole proprietorship

According to ____, individuals and governement should own and operate farms and businesses.
a) communism
b) socialism
c) republicanism
d) capitalism

When a country turns to pure ____, all class structure will be eliminated.
a) socialism
b) democracy
c) communism
d) capitalism

In ____, the economics of a country are guided by free enterprise.
a) capitalism
b) socialism
c) individualism
d) absolute dictatorships

Philosopher who thought that history was a struggle between classes and wrote the Communist Manifesto
a) David Ricardo
b) Thomas Malthus
c) Jeremiah Strong
d) Karl Marx

Creator of the “Iron Law of Wages”
a) David Ricardo
b) Thomas Malthus
c) Friedrich Engels
d) Karl Marx

Thought that competition in a free market would help everyone
a) David Ricardo
b) James Hargreaves
c) Adam Smith
d) Karl Marx

Economist who predicted that the population would outpace the food supply
a) Adam Smith
b) John Rockefeller
c) Thomas Malthus
d) John Kay

Laissez-Faire is mostly related to what economic system?
a) Capitalism
b) Socialism
c) Communism
d) Fascism

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 43547 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register

Help / Support / FAQ




Gaming Links