Europe test

Réussis tes devoirs et examens dès maintenant avec Quizwiz!

What did James Watt invent?

steam engine

Define communism

system with no economic classes and no private property

Urban vs Rural living

>People move from farms to cities- not much room for living in the city and bad housing >Very bad sanitation-more disease >Disease spread wiped out people

Middle and lower class

>Wages were very low- more people, less money >Working conditions extremely poor-unsanitary and unsafe >Job security was gone- if you didn't keep with pace doing work, you get fired >Lower class- children had to work >Middle class- 60% of children had to work due to lack of money

What was the Spinning Jenny?

A machine that could spin several threads at once

Factory Production

Faster production

Describe the invisible hand policy

A metaphor for the unseen forces that move the free market economy

Imperialism

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Karl Marx

A political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned was by

Feudalism

A system where commoners and vassals worked the land of a lord in exchange for protection

What does the term Agarian mean?

Agricutural- Farming community

Age of Enlightenment

An intellectual and philosophical movement that changed the ways of thinking in Europe that started off in France

Why did the industrial revolution begin in England?

England's stable government, Great deposits of coal and iron, Expansion in the land

What are the 3 principles of free market economy?

Freedom of choice, private property rights, profit motives of owners

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

Great Britain (England)

what are 4 causes for the industrial revolution?

Higher demand for goods, inventors think freely, Capitalism, Effects of agriculture industrialization

Age of Enlightenment what did it do?

led to a time of new scientific philosophies

Urbanization

Movement of people from rural areas to cities to work in factories

Does communism have a class system?

No, men and women are not different are treated equally

mIddle ages

Orthodox Christianity started due to frustration with main religion

Domestic production

Products made by people at home, and it took longer

What are two major agricultural inventions did Jethro Tull create?

Sea drill and Horse Hoe

New Transportation

Steam boat, new road construction, canals, trains

Who has power in a communist state?

The government

Define laissez-faire

The government has little to no involvement in the business

What was the Industrial Revolution?

When rurual societies moved to the urban cities and had new technology.

Define capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Which system has no freedom?

communism

Who owns means of production?

communism

What are 7 negative effects of the industrial revolution?

horrible living conditions for workers, poor nutrition, stressful unsatisfying life, dangerous workspaces, child labor, discrimination against women, environmental harm

Adam Smith

invisible hand


Ensembles d'études connexes

Anatomy Tophat Module: Autonomic Nervous System

View Set