Name: Industrial Rev Practice 1. A major reason the Industrial Revolution began in England was that England possessed A) a smooth coastline B) abundant coal and iron resources C) many waterfalls D) numerous mountain ranges 2. Which development caused the other three? A) introduction of the factory system B) increased urbanization C) increased productivity of industrial workers D) unsafe working conditions 3. Base your answer to the following question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. "No observer of Manchester [England] in the 1830's and 1840's dwelt on its happy, well-fed people. 'Wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature lying in bleeding fragments all over the face of society,' wrote an American in 1845... Can we be surprised that the first generation of the labouring poor in... Britain looked at the results of capitalism and found them wanting?" E.J. Hobsbawm This quotation describes some negative effects of the A) Black Plague B) Glorious Revolution C) Napoleonic Wars D) Industrial Revolution 4. Which phrase best illustrates the theory of laissez-faire capitalism? A) businesses operating with little government regulation B) the state establishing production quotas C) central planning committees setting prices on goods D) decisions related to distribution being based on community traditions 5. Which statement represents a central idea of laissez-faire economics? A) Class struggles are based on inequities. B) Workers should form unions to better their conditions. C) Prices are best determined by supply and demand. D) The government should own all means of production. 6. Which idea is correctly paired with a document that supports it? A) colonialism The Prince B) militarism Sadler Report C) capitalism Wealth of Nations D) monotheism The Communist Manifesto 7. Adam Smith would most likely agree with which statement? A) Revolution is the only solution to economic problems. B) Five-year plans are necessary in order to industrialize. C) All nations would benefit from an agricultural economy. D) Government should follow a laissez-faire policy. 8. Which idea is most closely associated with laissez-faire economics? A) communes B) trade unionism C) subsistence agriculture D) free trade 9. Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. A. Market system B. Profit incentive C. Entrepreneurs A) Forms of Government B) Characteristics of Capitalism C) Structure of the Guild System D) Elements of Culture
10. Base your answer to the following question on the speakers' statements below. Speaker A: Government should not interfere in relations between workers and business owners. Speaker B: The workers will rise up and overthrow the privileged class. Speaker C: Private property will cease to exist. The people will own the means of production. Speaker D: A favorable balance of trade should be maintained by the use of tariffs. Which two speakers represent Karl Marx s ideas of communism? A) A and B B) B and C C) B and D D) C and D 11. Which event had the greatest influence on the development of laissez-faire capitalism? A) fall of the Roman Empire B) invention of the printing press C) Industrial Revolution D) Green Revolution 12. A key idea in the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is that workers should support the A) overthrow of the capitalist system B) establishment of labor unions C) legislative regulation of wages and working conditions D) technological changes in production methods 13. Which statement is supported by the ideas of Karl Marx? A) Private ownership of businesses helps workers. B) Industrialization benefits the wealthy and exploits the poor. C) Countries should benefit from the wealth of their colonies. D) Industrial capitalism allows workers and employers to work together for a common purpose. 14. The breakdown of traditions, increased levels of pollution, and the expansion of slums are negative aspects of A) militarism B) collectivization C) pogroms D) urbanization
15. Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies. Which concept is most closely associated with the pattern of population distribution in England shown on this map? A) urbanization B) colonization C) collectivization D) globalization
16. Base your answer to the following question the map below and on your knowledge of social studies. Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map? A) England s natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities. B) In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade. C) Great Britain s prosperity unified the people. D) People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution. 17. During the Industrial Revolution, which develop ment resulted from the other three? A) Factory conditions affected people's health. B) Labor unions were formed. C) Unskilled laborers received low wages. D) Machinery replaced workers. 18. Which written work criticized the capitalist system during the Industrial Revolution? A) Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels B) White Man s Burden by Rudyard Kipling C) The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith D) The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 19. In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels expressed the idea that A) religion should be the most important factor in society B) power should be determined by a person s wealth C) profits from work should belong to the workers D) supply and demand should control prices 20. Base your answer to the following question on Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies....the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician [a person of high birth] and plebeian [common person], lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending [competing] classes... This passage expresses the ideas of A) Napoleon Bonaparte B) Karl Marx C) Adolf Hitler D) Benito Mussolini 21. Where did Karl Marx predict a revolution of the proletariat would occur first? A) industrial Europe B) independent Latin America C) colonial Africa D) agricultural Russia
22. A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto is that the proletariat A) would need foreign help to achieve its revolutionary ends B) had to cooperate with the capitalists to gain economic rewards C) should allow the capitalists to control the means of production D) must unite to overthrow the capitalist class 23. Base your answer on the drawing below and on your knowledge of social studies. 24. According to the theories of Karl Marx, history can be viewed as a A) succession of famines that result in the destruction of civilizations B) repeating cycle of imperialism and colonialism C) listing of the accomplishments of the ruling classes D) continuous struggle between economic classes 25. According to Thomas Malthus, the rate of increase for human populations in relation to the rate of increase for food production was a problem. Malthus believed that A) industrial development would severely limit population growth B) famine and war were natural checks on population growth C) countries with larger populations would conquer countries with smaller populations D) food production would increase at a faster rate than populations would The drawing illustrates workers' reactions to which development of the Industrial Revolution? A) machines replacing workers B) slum housing conditions C) rise of unions D) equal sharing of profits with workers