Industrial Revolution.

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

• Germany

• Great Britain

• American Colonies

• Africa

Answer explanation

Due to the large number of natural resources, capital, and its population, the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain. It quickly spread to other parts of Europe and the Americas.

What kind of power helped boost the Industrial Revolution?

• Water

• Steam

• Wind

• Electricity

Answer explanation

Thanks to the invention of the steam power engine, factories no longer had to be built near a water source. Since steam was made with coal, there was a new need for miners to work in coalfields. These coalfields soon became the new desired sites for factories.

Due to the large number of available jobs, people began moving to the cities in mass numbers.

Answer explanation

With the farming becoming easier due to new technology, it was taking less farmers to produce the food needed to feed the society. Farmers were soon finding themselves without work, which lead them to flock to more urban areas so that they could get a job in a factory.

This revolution led to the Industrial Revolution.

• Agricultural Revolution

• French Revolution

• American Revolution

• Haitian Revolution

Answer explanation

Due to new farming technologies, farmers were able to produce more food in less time with less effort. This led to a population boom, supplying the factories in the Industrial Revolution with workers and people to buy their products.

This economic system believed that the ownership of private property should not exist. Instead, everything should be owned by the community.

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Laissez-Faire

• Communism

Answer explanation

Communism economics believed that everyone should be equal. No one person should own their own property, instead it should be held by the community. If you were to have more than your neighbor, it would be taken from you and redistributed so that everyone was equal.

He believed people should be allowed to pursue their own self-interest, which would create collective benefits for the economy.

• Karl Marx

• John Maynard

• Adam Smith

• Alfred Marshall

Answer explanation

Adam Smith three laws were

1. Law of self-interest

2. Law of competition

3. Law of supply and demand

This was what Adam Smith referred to as a "hands off" approach and is a key part of free-market Capitalism.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Marxism

• Laissez-Faire

Answer explanation

Laissez-Faire literally means "leave alone." Smith thought that for an economy to thrive, the government needed to be hands off in its business.

Who was responsible for unifying Germany?

• William I

• Napoleon III

• Otto Von Bismarck

• Zollverein

Answer explanation

By using the Elms Telegram as a form of propaganda, Bismarck was able to trick France into declaring war on Prussia. Out of fear of attack, the southern German states joined the Northern German Confederation, unifying Germany.

People's awareness of belonging to a community with common institutions, traditions, language, and customs. Citizen owe their loyalty to the nation, not a king or other entity.

• Imperialism

• Liberalism

• Patriotism

• Nationalism

Answer explanation

When people hold nationalistic ideas, they unite common states under one government. These states generally share a common language and culture.

Realpolitik

• Practical politics with little regard to ethics and an emphasis on power.

• An emphasis on ally loyalty

• Democracy should be maintained by any means neccessary

• Politics should be about honesty so that the people will trust in the government.

Answer explanation

This was Otto Von Bismarck's idea that allies were only useful when he could gain something from them. If there was nothing to gain, he had no reason to continue the alliance.