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Ch. 7 Study Guide
Straughn High School 9th Grade History Mr. Lowery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? | Britain |
| Who invented the seed drill? | Jethro Tull |
| The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers | Enclosure |
| How did an agricultural revolution contribute to population growth? | Because of an agricultural revolution, people ate better and were healthier, which reduced death rates. |
| Another factor that helped trigger the Industrial Revolution was the development of _________________. | New technology |
| __________ was a vital source used to develop the steam engine. | Coal |
| ______________ improved the steam engine. | James Watts |
| ___________ supplied water power and allowed for the construction of canals. | Rivers |
| Money used to invest in enterprises. | Capital |
| Business organization in an area such as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories. | Enterprise |
| Person who assumes all financial risk in starting a business | Entrepreneurs |
| A system developed in which tasks were distributed to individuals who completed the work in their own homes; also known as the cottage industry. | Putting out system |
| ______________ produced the spinning jenny which spun many threads at the same time. | James Hargreaves |
| _______________ invented a machine called the cotton gin that separated the seeds from the raw cotton at a fast rate. | Eli Whitney |
| Private roads built by entrepreneurs who charged travelers a toll to use them. | Turnpikes |
| Beginning in the 1830, canals lost their importance as _________________ made railroads the new preferred form of transportation. | Steam Locomotives |
| Movement of people to cities. | Urbanization |
| What were the causes of urbanization in the 1700s? | Loss of small farms, population growth, demand for workers |
| An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members. | Labor union |
| _____________ resisted the labor-saving machines that were costing them their jobs. | Luddites |
| Many working class people found comfort in a religious movement called ______________. | Methodism |
| Why was the Industrial Revolution seen as both a blessing and a curse? | Brought the blessing of material benefits and new opportunities, but at first workers lived and worked in wretched conditions and poverty. |
| A system or policy that advocates for a free market without government regulation. | Laissez-Faire |
| Defended the idea of a free economy, or free markets, believed that economic liberty guaranteed economic success. | Adam Smith |
| _______________ predicted that population growth would outpace the food supply; urging families to have fewer children and discouraging charitable handouts and vaccinations. | Thomas Malthus |
| Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. | Utilitarianism |
| System in which the people as a whole rather than private individuals own all property and operate all businesses. | Socialism |
| Form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx. Class struggle would lead to a classless society where all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole. | Communism |
| In the ________________, Marx theorized that economics was the driving force in history. That there was a class struggle between the bourgeoisie and proletariat. | Communist Manifesto |
| Political ideology in which there is gradual transition from capitalism to socialism instead of a sudden violent overthrow of the system. | Social Democracy |
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