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Quest for Wealth

Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer for each question.

1.) Which of the following factors motivated European nation’s to compete for colonies?

a. Nationalism

b. Communism

c. Socialism

d. Urbanism

2.) What was a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

a. Slaves were no longer needed

b. The need for slaves increased

c. Farmers stopped growing cotton

d. Cotton production decreased

3.) During the Industrial Revolution, how did the factory owners feel about the workers in their factories?

a. The owners encouraged by them

b. The owners did not care about the workers

c. The owners did not like the workers

d. The owners treated the workers as important and worth something

4.) Where did the Industrial revolution start?

a. France

b. United States

c. England

d. Germany

5.) Adam Smith says you need three things for production, what one is NOT part of the three?

a. Land

b. Farms

c. Labor

d. Capital

6.) Which of the following was a belief of Socialism?

a. To defend free markets

b. To support capitalism

c. To promote the policy of laissez-faire

d. Evenly spread wealth

7.) What is not a belief of capitalism?

a. Free markets

b. Competition

c. No social classes

d. Unequal distribution of wealth

8.) Which of the following was a major reason why the Industrial Revolution began in England?

a. A widespread educational system

b. A large collection of colonies

c. Abundant coal and iron ore deposits

d. Numerous mountain ranges

11.) Under socialism who owns the factors of production?

a. The state

b. The individual

c. The factory owner

d. The invisible hand

12.) Which of the following does not describe the conditions in a typical early Industrial Revolution factory?

a. Dirty

b. Un-safe

c. Constant crying

d. Well ventilated

13.) Which of the following did Karl Marx write?

a. Communist Manifesto

b. Wealth of Nations

c. Mercantilist Theory

d. Origin of the Species

14.) In economics what does Laissez –faire mean?

a. Heavy government involvement

b. Moderate government involvement

c. No government involvement

d. Lots of government rules

15.) During the Industrial Revolution, why did factory owners prefer to hire women and children to work for them?

a. They could pay women and children more

b. They could pay women and children less

c. They were less likely to form unions

d. They were more likely to form unions

16.) During the Industrial Revolution the increasing number of factories led to the downfall of what industry?

a. Cottage Industry

b. Agriculture Industry

c. Mining Industry

d. Textile Industry

Imperialism: The next part of this test revolves around the British Imperialism that we have explored in this unit

1.) The information in the box below is describing which of the following terms?

a. Imperialism

b. Communism

c. Nationalism

d. Colonialism

2.) Define imperialism: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.) Explain the quote: “The sun never sets on the British Empire.” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.) Describe THREE characteristics of the British Empire in places like India or China that we discussed in class. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5.) What is Gandhi’s importance in India’s nationalist movement and how did he bring about independence in India? Give specific examples of what Gandhi wanted for India and how he made Britain leave India. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6.) Explain the difference of British rule in India before the Sepoy Rebellion and after. What happened because of the rebellion? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7) What did the Opium War’s do to China? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8) Britain argued that their presence around the world improved the world’s countries and gave them help and support. The people of China and India argued the opposite. They believed that the British Empire was destroying their countries. Give three reasons why British imperialism was good and three reasons why it was bad. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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- Extreme devotion to one's nation

- Belief in the supremacy or majesty of one's own nation and/or national heroes

- Desire for national advancement

- Willingness to pursue national independence

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