Practice Test

Question 1

By 1900, Germany’s steel production exceeded all other countries except

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C: the United States.

Question 2

Which describes tenant farmers?

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C: They farm land owned by someone else.

Question 3

Philosopher Adam Smith is known as the

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D: father of capitalism.

Question 4

How did innovations in manufacturing lead to improvements in transportation?

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D: Goods were produced efficiently and needed more efficient transportation.

Question 5

Besides overcrowding, in what other ways did industrialization affect the physical environment? Choose three correct answers.

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B: Factories filled the air with smog.; C: Lack of sanitation caused water pollution.; D: Dirty conditions led to disease.

Question 6

Who helped spread industrialization form Britain to the United States?

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C: Samuel Slater

Question 7

What was the biggest effect that new technology had on farm workers?

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D: Many workers lost their jobs.

Question 8

Adam Smith is the author of what influential book?

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C: The Wealth of Nations

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