INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE "ISMS"

Choose the correct answer for each question.


1	As used in the term "Industrial Revolution," the term "Revolution" means
		a popular uprising
		sweeping changes
		rebirth
		turning of the wheel
		a reaction against modern science

2	A major cause of the Industrial Revolution was the
		effort to eliminate child labor
		need for more manufactured goods for foreign trade
		desire for colonies
		increase in piopulation
		racial ideas about western superiority

3	Which of the following invented the steam engine?
		James Watt of Scotland
		Richard Arkwright of England
		Edmund Cartwright of Ireland
		James Heriot of Yorkshire
		Robert Owen of Scotland

4	The work ethic needed for efficient industrial production was taught as a religious virture most noticeably in
		churches in northern Italy
		Catholic monasteries of northern England
		Lutheran gymnasiums in western Germany
		Jewish synagogues of Poland
		Methodist meeting houses of the English midlands

5	Which of the following demonstrates a relationship between the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution?
		Many early factories were decorated with Renaissance art
		None existed
		The earliest inventions came towards the height of the Renaissance
		The scientific spirit of the Renaissance encouraged inventions
		Renaissance painters created a heavy demand for paints and canvas

6	Which of the following was the major purpose of the Corn Laws in Britain in the early 1800s?
		to lower the price on grain imported from the rest of Europe.
		to weaken the political power of the middle class in Parliament
		to improve the production and the quality of grain produced in Great Britain
		to cooperate with other grain producers in western Europe
		to protect the interests of British grain producers

7	The Industrial Revolution in Britain was in a large part inspired by
		the urgent need to solve great urban poverty
		the failure of the cottage industry system
		entrepenauers who sought and accepted new manufacturing methods and inventions
		the great industrial success of the century before in Holland and France
		kings who controlled patents for new inventions

8	The inventor of the power weaving loom was
		Edmund Cartwright
		Robert Owen
		Edwin Chadwick
		Friedrich List
		George Stephenson

9	The most dangerous working conditions in all of early industry were found in
		meat packing plants
		cotton mills
		coal mines
		shoe factories
		iron mills

10	The harsh treatment of children in the workplace during the early Industrial Revolution
		toughtened and strengthened them physically for adult lives
		was in line with the brutal treatment of children in general
		did not occur in mining operations, where children were never used because they were too small
		prevented most illnesses in children
		was often prevented by parish officials who employed children as pauper apprentices only for clerical work

11	The European population explosion of the Nineteenth Century
		can be explained by increased birthrates
		was due to the absence of emigration
		was largely caused by the disappearence of famine
		occurred despite the return of major epidemic diseases
		took place in every country except England

12	The Luddites
		received little support from the people in their areas of activities
		were the first movement of the working classes on the continent
		were the lowest of unskilled workers in England
		were English coal miners protesting harsh conditions
		physically attacked machines they believed adversely affected their livelihood

13	The British Ten Hours Act mainly concerned
		British railroad workers
		the labor of women and children in British factores
		French radicals during the Revolution
		German dockworkers
		Slum dwellers in London

14	Which of the following best applies to urban life in the early Nineteenth Century in Europe?
		Government intervention prevented consumer fraud and food contamination
		The population in most large cities was declining
		Lower class family dwellings were on the whole much nicer than those of the countryside
		Filthy sanitary conditions were exacerbated by the refusal of city authorities to take responsibility
		Modern sewer facilities reduced the outbreak of disease

15	The site of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was
		London
		Paris
		Berlin
		Vienna
		New York City