Question 1

The real beneficiaries of the early Industrial Revolution, according to the text, were

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A) landed gentry. 
B) recent immigrants who were able to obtain jobs in industry. 
C) rural farmers and sharecroppers who were in demand for food supply. 
D) the middle classes. 
E) women who had greater social mobility and earning power. 
A) landed gentry. 
B) recent immigrants who were able to obtain jobs in industry. 
C) rural farmers and sharecroppers who were in demand for food supply. 
D) the middle classes. 
E) women who had greater social mobility and earning power.

Question 2

What small English town became the fastest-growing city in history as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

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A) Liverpool 
B) Sheffield 
C) Birmingham 
D) Manchester 
E) Irwell 
A) Liverpool 
B) Sheffield 
C) Birmingham 
D) Manchester 
E) Irwell

Question 3

How did industrialization change China's relationship with the West?

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A) China's industrialization put it on an equal footing with the West. 
B) Industrialization caused Chinese and Western workers to unite. 
C) European steam-powered gunboats humiliated China's military. 
D) European nations "shared the wealth" with China. 
E) Europe demanded massive Chinese immigration for factory work. 
A) China's industrialization put it on an equal footing with the West. 
B) Industrialization caused Chinese and Western workers to unite. 
C) European steam-powered gunboats humiliated China's military. 
D) European nations "shared the wealth" with China. 
E) Europe demanded massive Chinese immigration for factory work.

Question 4

In the cotton industry, what offered the twin advantages of increased productivity for the manufacturer and lower prices for the consumer?

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A) ionization 
B) inebriation 
C) mechanization 
D) specialization 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) ionization 
B) inebriation 
C) mechanization 
D) specialization 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 5

Friedrich List's ideas helped lead to the formation of

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A) communism. 
B) utopias. 
C) the proletariat. 
D) the Zollverein. 
E) the Raj. 
A) communism. 
B) utopias. 
C) the proletariat. 
D) the Zollverein. 
E) the Raj.

Question 6

In the early years of industrialization, most women worked in

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A) laundry and sewing. 
B) coal mining. 
C) textile factories. 
D) nursing and teaching. 
E) domestic servant positions. 
A) laundry and sewing. 
B) coal mining. 
C) textile factories. 
D) nursing and teaching. 
E) domestic servant positions.

Question 7

Which of the following were factors that gave Britain a "head start" on the Industrial Revolution?

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A) It was the world's leading exporter of tools, guns, hardware, and other crafts. 
B) It had the largest merchant marine. 
C) It was highly commercial, and many people were involved in production and trade. 
D) It enjoyed a high standard of living and a "fluid" society. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) It was the world's leading exporter of tools, guns, hardware, and other crafts. 
B) It had the largest merchant marine. 
C) It was highly commercial, and many people were involved in production and trade. 
D) It enjoyed a high standard of living and a "fluid" society. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 8

In the cool and humid regions of Europe, what new crop brought from the Americas contributed greatly to the agricultural revolution?

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A) potato 
B) wheat 
C) rice 
D) rye 
E) oats 
A) potato 
B) wheat 
C) rice 
D) rye 
E) oats

Question 9

Describe the communist critique of the Industrial Revolution.

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Philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham had

Question 10

The agricultural revolution was a change in farming methods and crops that resulted in

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A) the creation of a large class of landless farm laborers. 
B) wealthy landowners taking over communal lands. 
C) European population growth as a result of new crops such as potatoes and corn. 
D) the introduction of better livestock, soil improvement, and crop rotation. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) the creation of a large class of landless farm laborers. 
B) wealthy landowners taking over communal lands. 
C) European population growth as a result of new crops such as potatoes and corn. 
D) the introduction of better livestock, soil improvement, and crop rotation. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 11

"Division of labor" in mass production manufacturing means

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A) dividing the work force into capitalists and communists. 
B) dividing work into specialized and repetitive tasks. 
C) using "division" as well as other mathematical functions. 
D) having the worker make the entire product. 
E) dividing the labor unions in order to weaken them. 
A) dividing the work force into capitalists and communists. 
B) dividing work into specialized and repetitive tasks. 
C) using "division" as well as other mathematical functions. 
D) having the worker make the entire product. 
E) dividing the labor unions in order to weaken them.

Question 12

A significant contribution to the mass manufacture of cheap metal items, such as Eli Whitney's production of firearms, was the development of

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A) interchangeable parts. 
B) lost wax casting of iron. 
C) individual fitting together of parts by hand. 
D) molded metal. 
E) amalgamations of metal known as pig iron. 
A) interchangeable parts. 
B) lost wax casting of iron. 
C) individual fitting together of parts by hand. 
D) molded metal. 
E) amalgamations of metal known as pig iron.

Question 13

To address the misery of the poor, French socialists proposed that workers form communities under the protection of business leaders and that social and economic problems could be solved by application of the scientific method; their views were known as

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A) totalitarianism. 
B) humanism. 
C) positivism. 
D) Darwinism. 
E) communism. 
A) totalitarianism. 
B) humanism. 
C) positivism. 
D) Darwinism. 
E) communism.

Question 14

Among the new inventions developed to weave cotton textiles was (were)

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A) the steam engine. 
B) the spinning jenny and the water frame. 
C) the power loom and the thread "genie." 
D) the fulling press and the iron "foot." 
E) the rotary weaving engine. 
A) the steam engine. 
B) the spinning jenny and the water frame. 
C) the power loom and the thread "genie." 
D) the fulling press and the iron "foot." 
E) the rotary weaving engine.

Question 15

Because of the cotton boom, the number of slaves in the United States went from 700,000 in the 1790s to by 1850.

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A) 100,000 
B) 1,000,000 
C) 3,200,000 
D) 5,600,000 
E) 10,000,000 
A) 100,000 
B) 1,000,000 
C) 3,200,000 
D) 5,600,000 
E) 10,000,000

Question 16

As a result of industrialization of Britain, the most valuable crop in America was

Accepted Answer

A) coal. 
B) lumbar. 
C) steel. 
D) cotton. 
E) potatoes. 
A) coal. 
B) lumbar. 
C) steel. 
D) cotton. 
E) potatoes.

Question 17

Why was industrialization of continental Europe more difficult than in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A) Ongoing wars slowed the diffusion of British technologies and discouraged investment in industrial production. 
B) Nationalism prohibited trade with other countries. 
C) Tariffs (taxes on goods between countries)made transportation very expensive. 
D) Europe lacked rivers. 
E) Continental Europe had no colonies from which to get raw goods. 
A) Ongoing wars slowed the diffusion of British technologies and discouraged investment in industrial production. 
B) Nationalism prohibited trade with other countries. 
C) Tariffs (taxes on goods between countries)made transportation very expensive. 
D) Europe lacked rivers. 
E) Continental Europe had no colonies from which to get raw goods.

Question 18

What item most influenced the dissemination of useful technologies during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Records of the U.S. Patent Office 
B) Speeches given by inventors in the House of Commons 
C) The French multivolume Encyclopedie 
D) Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto 
E) Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 
A) Records of the U.S. Patent Office 
B) Speeches given by inventors in the House of Commons 
C) The French multivolume Encyclopedie 
D) Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto 
E) Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

Question 19

The laissez-faire argument challenged the prevailing economic model of the time, which was

Accepted Answer

A) mercantilism. 
B) positivism. 
C) communism. 
D) Keynesian. 
E) anarchosyndicalism. 
A) mercantilism. 
B) positivism. 
C) communism. 
D) Keynesian. 
E) anarchosyndicalism.

Question 20

Explain the effects of the agricultural revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

Accepted Answer

New crops from the Americas, by improvin

Exam 22: The Early Industrial Revolution

The real beneficiaries of the early Industrial Revolution, according to the text, were

What small English town became the fastest-growing city in history as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

How did industrialization change China's relationship with the West?

In the cotton industry, what offered the twin advantages of increased productivity for the manufacturer and lower prices for the consumer?

Friedrich List's ideas helped lead to the formation of

In the early years of industrialization, most women worked in

Which of the following were factors that gave Britain a "head start" on the Industrial Revolution?

In the cool and humid regions of Europe, what new crop brought from the Americas contributed greatly to the agricultural revolution?

Describe the communist critique of the Industrial Revolution.

The agricultural revolution was a change in farming methods and crops that resulted in

"Division of labor" in mass production manufacturing means

A significant contribution to the mass manufacture of cheap metal items, such as Eli Whitney's production of firearms, was the development of

To address the misery of the poor, French socialists proposed that workers form communities under the protection of business leaders and that social and economic problems could be solved by application of the scientific method; their views were known as

Among the new inventions developed to weave cotton textiles was (were)

Because of the cotton boom, the number of slaves in the United States went from 700,000 in the 1790s to by 1850.

As a result of industrialization of Britain, the most valuable crop in America was

Why was industrialization of continental Europe more difficult than in Britain?

What item most influenced the dissemination of useful technologies during the Industrial Revolution?

The laissez-faire argument challenged the prevailing economic model of the time, which was

Explain the effects of the agricultural revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

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An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

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Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

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Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

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East Asia in Global Perspective

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Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

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