CC Industrial Revolution

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Question 1

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Before the industrial revolution, about 30% of the world’s population was engaged in farming to keep itself and the other 70% of people from starving.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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The invention of the flying shuttle by John Kay in 1733 dramatically increased the ______, which led to inventions like the Spinning Jenny and the water frame. (one answer)
Answer
  • speed of weaving
  • health of workers
  • output of farms
  • livelihood of farmers

Question 3

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Check all that apply as Eurocentric theories for the Industrial Revolution to occur.
Answer
  • Cultural superiority: theory holds that Europeans are just better and smarter than other people.
  • Culture of science and invention in Europe makes creation of revolutionary technologies possible.
  • Freer political institutions in Europe encouraged innovation and incentives for inventors.
  • Europe’s small population required labor-saving inventions.
  • Coal deposits in England created demand for energy
  • High wages in European countries

Question 4

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Its difficult to make a blanket statement that China was economically inferior to Europe because
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  • they grew tea
  • they supported a large population
  • death defying leaps of faith
  • they had a culture of invention

Question 5

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To quote the historian Robert Allen: “Wages were ___ and energy was ___. These prices led directly to the industrial revolution by giving firms strong incentives to invent technologies that substituted capital and coal for labor.”
Answer
  • high, cheap
  • low, expensive
  • low, cheap
  • high, expensive

Question 6

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Indian agriculture had a large population of laborers could be supported at a very low cost, meaning that Indian textile manufacturing could be very productive without using machines.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Check all that apply for items created during the industrial revolution.
Answer
  • electricity
  • out of season fruit
  • life outside of farming
  • cars
  • compulsory education
  • pencils
  • tables
  • shirts

Question 8

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The Industrial Revolution began in in the mid [blank_start]18th[blank_end] century (1750s)
Answer
  • 18th
  • 17th
  • 19th
  • 16th
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