CHAPTER 20 REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. LIST AND EXPLAIN THE 5 FACTORS THAT HELPED BRITAIN TAKE THE LEAD IN INDUSTRIALIZATION
2. WHAT IS URBANIZATION? WHY DID IT OCCUR?
3. WHAT IS THE PROLETARIAT?
4. WHAT IS CAPITAL?
5. EXPLAIN THE IRON LAW OF WAGES
6. WHO’S THEORY WAS THE IRON LAW OF WAGES?
7. EXPLAIN THE VIEWS OF THOMAS MALTHUS
8. LIST & EXPLAIN THE CAUSES FOR THE POPULATION EXPLOSION IN EUROPE
9. EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SEED DRILL
10. EXPLAIN CROP ROTATION
11. EXPLAIN THE ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT
12. GIVE 2 REASONS WHY CHILD LABOR WAS ACCEPTED DURING THE EARLY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
13. WHO WROTE THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO?
14. WHO WROTE THE WEALTH OF NATIONS?
15. WHO WROTE ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION?
16. WHICH NATURAL RESOURCES DID BRITAIN HAVE AN ABUNDANCY OF?
17. WHAT IS A FORM OF SOCIALISM THAT FOCUSES ON ENDING CLASS STUGGLE?
18. IN WHICH BRITISH INDUSTRY DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION FIRST TAKE HOLD?
19. WHY DID EMPLOYERS PREFER TO HIRE WOMEN OVER MEN?
CHAPTER 20- REVIEW SHEET
1. I. HUMAN RESOURCES
II. NATURAL RESOURCES
III. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
IV. POLITICAL & SOCIAL CONDITIONS
V. TECHNOLOGY
2. -MVMT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE (RURAL AREAS) TO CITIES
-MACHINES/NEW TECHNOLOGY REPLACING WORKERS ON THE FARMS
NEED TO FIND NEW JOBS--AVAILABLE WORK WAS IN THE
FACTORIES
3. THE WORKING CLASS
4. MONEY—WEALTH
5. WHEN WAGES INCREASE FAMILIES HAVE MORE CHILDREN
THIS INCREASES THE LABOR FORCE
LARGE SUPPLY OF LABOR SEEKING JOBS
WAGES WILL DECREASE
UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES
6. DAVID RICARDO
7. BELIEVED THE FOOD SUPPLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP
UP WITH THE RISING POPULATION
8. DECLINING DEATH RATE-PEOPLE LIVING LONGER
WHY?
*AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION REDUCED RISK OF FAMINE
*WOMEN ATE BETTERHEALTHIERSTRONGER BABIES
*BETTER HYGIENE/SANITATION
*IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE-LESS DISEASE
9. INVENTED BY JETHRO TULL
DEPOSIT SEEDS IN ROWS INSTEAD OF SCATTERED ALL OVER
MORE EFFECTIVE-INCREASED PRODUCTION
10. CHARLES TOWNSHEND
-CONSTANTLY PLANTING CROPS
SOIL NEEDS A BREAK-EXHAUSTED OF ALL ITS NUTRIENTS
IDEA OF ROTATING GROWING TURNIPS SINCE IT RESTORED THE SOIL
11. -TAKING OVER & FENCING OFF LAND FORMERLY SHARED
BY PEASANT FARMERS
-WANTED TO CREATE LARGER FIELDS THAT COULD BE CULTIVATED
MORE EFFICIENTLY
-FARM OUTPUT INCREASED
PROFITS ALSO INCREASED
-DIDN’T NEED AS MANY WORKERS
MANY LOST THEIR JOBS
FORCED TO MOVE TO CITIES TO FIND WORK IN FACTORIES
12. *MONEY WAS NEEDED FOR FAMILIES TO SURVIVE
*HAD ALWAYS WORKED ON THE FARM SO WHEN
MOVED TO THE CITY WENT TO WORK IN FACTORY
13. KARL MARX
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14. ADAM MITH
15. THOMAS MALTHUS
16. IRON & COAL
17. COMMUNISM
18. TEXTILES
19. COULD PAY WOMEN LESS FOR EQUAL WORK