AP EURO Chapter 20 Part 1 Quiz Answers

Thomas Malthus argued in his Essay the Principle of Population (1798) that

population tends to increase beyond the means of subsistence.

What major problem in the textile industry was solved by the inventions of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright?

A weaver required several spinners to stay steadily employed.

What was the function of the Crystal Palace?

It was the location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London.

What did Henry Cort develop?

The puddling furnace, which allowed pig iron to be refined with coke

How did iron become the basic building block of the British economy in the nineteenth century?

The spread of coke smelting and the development of steam-powered rolling mills increased production enormously and reduced the price of iron products.

Why did eighteenth-century Britain have a shortage of wood?

Wood had been over-harvested; it was the primary source of heat in all homes and a basic raw material in industry.

How did cotton transform the textile industry?

Cotton could be spun mechanically with much greater efficiency than wool or flax, helping to solve the shortage of thread for textile production.

How did railroads affect the nature of production

Markets became broader, encouraging manufacturers to create larger factories with more sophisticated machines.

What did James Watt gain from his partnership with Matthew Boulton?

Capital and skills in salesmanship.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 commemorated the

industrial dominance of Britain.