5.3, 5.4 AMSCO APWH Quiz - Industialization

What was the impact of the agricultural revolution in the early 1700s?

• increased productivity in food production

• decreased productivity in food production

• more humans cultivating land throughout Western Europe

• agrarian ideologies in which distinctions between humans-animals-land were blurred

All of the following contributed to more calories in people's diets circa 1750 - 1900 EXCEPT

• crop rotation

• seed drill

• introduction of the potato from South America to new parts of the world

• the use of the saddle on camels in Afro-Eurasia

James Hargreaves invented this device in the 1760s that allows a weaver to spin more than one threat at a time

• spinning Jenny

• water frame

• factory system

• assembly line

Britain led the start of the Industrial Revolution because

• it had many environmental and geographic advantages

• it was land-locked

• Leaders of Parliament wanted to differentiate from more religious Spain and Portugal

• Napoleon never conquered England

The first country to industrialize in Asia

• China

• Japan

• South Korea

• Vietnam

What helped Russia increase trade with countries in East Asia such as China and Japan

• Trans-Siberian Railroad

• Peter the Great's beard tax

• it had more factories than the UK, Germany, and France

• British colonial rule

What was the impact of British rule of the textile industry in India?

• it imposed taxes making Indian-based textiles less cost-efficient

• it promoted Indian textiles as a low cost alternative to factory-made yarn

• it industrialized India rapidly starting in the 19th century

Many historians have argued that by the late 19th century the industrialized nations of Europe had achieved global economic dominance more through force and coercion than through the superiority of their industrial products. Which of the following 19th century developments would best support this contention?

• The growth of industrial production in North America

• The growth of South American agricultural exports

• The abolition of slavery in the Americas

• The decline of the Indian textile industry’s share of global manufacturing

The development of the factory system most directly explains which of the following characteristics of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries?

• The higher degree of educational achievement among workers

• A decline in the diversity of consumer goods

• Large increases in the prices of most consumer goods

• The greater degree of labor specialization

Which of the following was the most immediate effect of the processes illustrated in the images?

• A renewed push for overseas colonies as European countries competed for new sources of coal

• The launch of European-sponsored industrialization efforts in Asian and African countries

• A decline in Asian countries’ share of world manufacturing as Asian goods lost ground to European imports

• The emergence of Germany as the dominant industrial power in Europe following German unification