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WH chapter 19
WH Chapter 19 Unit Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Iron Law Of Wages | Labor is plentiful wages are low and few wages mean high workers. |
| Democratic Socialism | People retain basic human rights and partial control over economic planning. |
| Pamphlet wrote by Karl Marx that outlined his ideas | Communist Manifesto |
| Jethro Tull | Invented seed drill |
| Charles Goodyear | Vulcanizing of rubber |
| Alexandra Volt | Invented Battery |
| 3 factors of mass production | Division of labor, interchangeable parts, and assembly line. |
| Laissez-faire | Government is to stay out of business. |
| 2 natural laws that regulate business | Supply and demand/ Competition. |
| Monopoly | Complete control of a good or service by a single company. |
| Tenements | Cramped and poorly maintained apartment houses. |
| Socialism | Government owns means of production and operates them for the welfare of all people. |
| Who wrote The wealth of Nations? | Adam Smith |
| Communism/Authoritarian Socialism | The economic and political system that ignores basic human rights. |
| 2 things that factory act of 1833 provided for | Factory inspection and enforcement of child labor laws. |
| Why corporations are more attractive to investors | A persons loss is limited to the amount he invests. |
| Crop Rotation | Method to preserve soil fertility. |
| Most important critic of Capitalism | Karl Marx |
| Cartels | Combination of Corporations |
| Marx's book that analyzed Capitalism | "Das Kapital" |
| Who wrote Utopia? | Sir Thomas More |
| Who was responsible for the Iron Law of Wages | David Ricardo |
| Depression | The lowest point in a business cycle. |
| What did Thomas Malthus believe hindered human progress? | Population Increase |