ORHS World AP Chapter 21 Quiz

Which of the following contributed to the rise of the new labor system in England that Andrew Ure referenced?

Available supply of natural materials like coal and iron ore

A historian researching factors that contributed to the rise of industrial production in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries would find which of the following types of sources most helpful?

Data on migration of rural populations to urban areas

Which of the following was an impact of modernization efforts in Egypt?

Egypt accumulated tremendous debt to European nations such as England and France

Who was most likely to provide the capital needed for this system of labor and production?

Factory Owner

All of the following were factors that gave Britain a "head start" on the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT?

It recovered from the plague more quickly than the rest of Europe

All of the following had a highly militarized commercial presence in Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries EXCEPT?

Italy

Which of the following best describes how nineteenth century European industrialization affected European women's lives?

Married women found it increasingly difficult to balance wage work and family responsibilities

Great Britain offered modernization efforts in the form of railroad building to all of the following regions EXCEPT:

North America

Urbanization had the greatest impact on:

The Poor, who came to the city from rural areas for work

Which of the following was a widespread social consequence of industrialization in the 1800s?

The creation of a wage - earning working class concentrated in urban areas