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Industrial Revolution
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1. James watt helped improve what?
Louis Pasteur
david richardo
thomas malthus
the steam engine
2. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap
working class
livestock breeding
Adam Smith
industrial revolution
3. Poet who wrote about nature
Wright Bros.
laissez faire
William Wordsworth
Karl Marx
4. Moved to cities from the countryside. Worked long hours with poor conditions. Organized unions and strikes.
law of competition
industrialization
thomas malthus
Factory Workers
5. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.
Socialism
Adam Smith
Leo Tolstoy
the cotton gin
6. Luddites were also known as the...
industrial revolution
the water frame
urbanization
working class
7. Dug a hole into the ground and injected seeds into soil - which helped produce more crops
the seed drill
Communism
working class
factories
8. Machine that allowed workers to spin multiple strands of cotton at a time
industrialization
the spinning jenny
law of supply & demand
Leo Tolstoy
9. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.
Communism
Alexander Graham Bell
enclosures
thomas malthus
10. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
Laissez-faire
industrialization
Mass Production
the spinning jenny
11. People can work for their own good
the seed drill
the water frame
law of self-interest
Albert Einstein
12. Defended the idea of a free economy.
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
the seed drill
Andrew Carnegie
13. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product
Adam Smith
the water frame
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
law of competition
14. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on
david richardo
john mcadams
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Adam Smith
15. Expressed love of nature in symphonies
the seed drill
Assembly Line
Adam Smith
Ludwig van Beethoven
16. Resources consisting of land - labor - capital - and entrepreneurial skills combined to produce goods and services
factories
crop rotation
Charles Darwin
factors of production
17. Protests from the working class that led to the destroying of factory machines named by Ned
luddites
the flying shuttle
industrial revolution
Adam Smith
18. Organizations representing workers' interests.
Labor Unions
Adam Smith
Assembly Line
the water frame
19. The development of industries for the machine production of goods
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Alexander Graham Bell
industrialization
Andrew Carnegie
20. Theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
Labor Union
James Watt
Robert Fulton
21. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.
Adam Smith
Laissez-faire
factories
Ludwig van Beethoven
22. What did David Richardo write?
principles of economy & taxation
crop rotation
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
William Wordsworth
23. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.
Adam Smith
the spinning jenny
Mass Production
middle class
24. What did John Kay invent?
middle class
rocket
Socialism
the flying shuttle
25. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land
Assembly Line
crop rotation
david richardo
Charles Dickens
26. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.
James Watt
the cotton gin
urbanization
Assembly Line
27. What did Eli Whitney invent?
clermont
the flying shuttle
john mcadams
the cotton gin
28. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently
Adam Smith
the cotton gin
enclosures
corporation
29. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy
law of supply & demand
livestock breeding
Labor Union
david richardo
30. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
corporation
Industrial Revolution
Karl Marx
Communism
31. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels
the water frame
William Wordsworth
Karl Marx
david richardo
32. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class
the flying shuttle
david richardo
Karl Marx
thomas malthus
33. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases
working class
factors of production
the spinning jenny
david richardo
34. Someone who starts a business.
Louis Pasteur
livestock breeding
law of competition
Entrepreneur
35. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.
James Watt
Adam Smith
Louis Pasteur
Leo Tolstoy
36. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?
john mcadams
William Wordsworth
Adam Smith
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
37. 1st successful powered airplane flight.
corporation
Wright Bros.
the cotton gin
laissez faire
38. Invented the telephone
laissez faire
the steam engine
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew Carnegie
39. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.
law of self-interest
Industrial Revolution
livestock breeding
Robert Fulton
40. Developed and operated the modern steamship.
the seed drill
the flying shuttle
Andrew Carnegie
Robert Fulton
41. Wrote about poor in cities.
thomas malthus
Charles Dickens
Thomas Edison
Assembly Line
42. Theory of relativity
Albert Einstein
Adam Smith
Industrial Revolution
Labor Unions
43. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?
the flying shuttle
Laissez-faire
the water frame
robert bakewell
44. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods
factories
the spinning jenny
Andrew Carnegie
the seed drill
45. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization
law of self-interest - law of competition - law of supply & demand
Louis Pasteur
William Wordsworth
Entrepreneur
46. Government should not interfere in commercial affairs
luddites
Laissez-faire
laissez faire
Samuel Morse
47. British inventor who made steam engines faster and more efficient.
James Watt
Entrepreneur
Inventions
robert bakewell
48. Who wrote an essay on the principle of population?
clermont
law of competition
thomas malthus
Adam Smith
49. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them
urbanization
john mcadams
Communism
Andrew Carnegie
50. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?
Karl Marx
the flying shuttle
rocket
William Wordsworth