Quiz Review

Matching

__c___1. WattA. Process of making steel

__b___2. WhitneyB. Cotton Gin

__d___3. JennerC. Steam Engine

__e___4. PasteurD. Small Pox vaccine

__a___5. Bessemer E. Discovery of bacteria

6. What was the Agricultural Revolution? List 2 inventions that helped spark the Revolution.

A time period in Britain that saw an increase in agricultural productivity. Crop rotation and the seed drill.

7. How were products produced before the Revolution? What was the industry called?

Cottage Industry

8. How did the enclosure movement change agriculture in England?

Large landowners bought up and closed off land. This put the smaller farmers lost their jobs.

9. What was the Industrial Revolution?

a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in England.

10. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

Originated in England because of its natural resources (e.g. Coal, iron ore)

11. Describe living and working conditions in Britain during the Industrial Revolution?

Long working hours (more than 12 hour days/ 6 days a week), horrible factory conditions, (In textile mills, workers breathed in lint, which damaged their lungs.) less pay for women and children, workers lived in work houses operated by the factories or in crammed, narrow apts with 5 or more people living in a single room. Pollution was a problem and the streets were unsanitary.

Matching

__a___12. Laissez Faire

__b___13. Karl Marx

__c___14. Adam Smith

__d___15. Communism

__e___16 . Capitalism

__f___17. Labor Unions

__g___18. Collative Bargaining

  1. the idea that governments should not interfere with industries and businesses
  2. Wrote The Communist Manifesto
  3. Wrote The Wealth of Nations
  4. An economic system in which all means of production- land, mines and factories are owned by the people, private property does not exist and all goods and services are shared equally
  5. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in businesses to make a profit
  6. An association of workers
  7. Negotiations between workers and their employers

19. What did labor unions fight for? List 2 tactics they used to achieve their goals and explain.

Better pay, better working conditions, women suffrage. Collective bargaining and strikes

20. What impact did the cotton gin have on cotton production and slavery?

Demand for cotton increased slave labor

21. Why did Urbanization occur?

The Enclosure Movement put farmers out of work. These farmers moved to cities to gain employment at the new factories.

22. List 3 way transportation improved

Better roads

Invention of the steam engine led to the development of the railroad system

Invention of the steam boat led to more safe and efficient river navigation

23. List 4 items under positive aspects of the revolution and 4 items under negative aspects

Positive / Negative
Increased standards of living / Environmental pollution
Increased education / Dissatisfaction of working class
Improved transportation / Dissatisfaction of working conditions
Growth of middle class / Child Labor
Made work more efficient / Rise of slavery (cotton gin)
Improvement in medicine

24. Which country was first to end the slave trade and eventually the use of slaves?

Great Britain

25. Women began fighting to end slavery and for their own rights. What was the main goal of women during this time period?

Increased demands for women’s suffrage

26. How do communism and capitalism differ?

They are both economic systems, but in capitalism growth depends on private ownership that promotes competition. While in Communism the government takes over production, productivity, and all other aspects so that the wealth is equally distributed.

Communism or Capitalism

1) Kevin, James, and Jason do not belong to a social class nor do they have private possessions. Communism

2) Kevin owns Company A which is directly competing with Jason’s Company B. They both try to undercut each other’s product price. James, owner of Company C, enters the market and acquires both Company A and Company B. Capitalism

•3) Village Mike harvests wheat. Village James mines coal. Village Jason raises sheep for cotton. Each village only produces these goods for the country. Communism

4) While at the grocery store, you see only one brand of each type of product. Communism