AnswersCA-World History Culture and Geography AWriting Workshop: An Argumentative Essay about Economic Systems

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Henry Bessemer
B
Francis Cabot Lowell
C
Lowell Mills
D
Samuel Slater
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The graph shows world population in urban and rural areas. The best conclusion that can be drawn from this graph is that the percentage of the world’s population living in urban areas

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in 2030 will probably be ten percent higher than the percentage living in rural areas.
B
in the distant future, around 2050, will always be higher than the percentage living in rural areas.
C
in 2030 is a prediction based on the present trend of urban growth continuing.
D
in approximately 2002 equaled the percentage of those living in rural areas.
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Which asset made Belgium a good place to establish the first industrialized textile manufacturer in continental Europe?

A
natural resources
B
railroad infrastructure
C
skilled workers
D
active entrepreneurship
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Read the passage from Charles Dickens’s Hard Times.It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable [unending] serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye, and vast piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness.

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The Industrial Age brought wealth to more people than at any other time in history.
B
More people were able to enjoy leisure time, thanks to the advances of the Industrial Age.
C
The Industrial Age brought with it problems such as pollution and monotonous labor.
D
More people were able to find rewarding work, thanks to the growth of industry.
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Which statement best describes the works of Charles Dickens?

A
Charles Dickens wrote poetry using accessible, common language.
B
Charles Dickens focused his novels and stories on descriptions of nature.
C
Charles Dickens wrote about English workers and aristocrats during the Industrial Age.
D
Charles Dickens based his works on ancient Roman traditions.
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The best example of a city’s investment in infrastructure as a response to urbanization was the building of

A
government offices.
B
parks.
C
roads.
D
electric companies.
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Which is the most likely explanation for the impact of World War I on the growth of voting opportunities for women?

A
Women served with courage on the battlefields, and they sought to be rewarded by being granted the right to vote.
B
New job opportunities opened up for women during the war, allowing them to take on new roles and gain public appreciation.
C
The large number of battlefield casualties resulted in not enough voters being available to take part in elections.
D
Legislators around the world agreed that if women had been able to vote, World War I would never have happened.
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Read the passage from Charles Dickens’s Hard Times.It contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours, with the same sound upon the same pavements, to do the same work, and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow, and every year the counterpart of the last and the next.

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that it resulted in streets that were not built thoughtfully.
B
that it led to air, land, and water pollution.
C
that it robbed people of their individuality.
D
that it widened the gap between rich and poor.
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The cotton gin was invented by

A
Robert Fulton.
B
Henry Ford.
C
James Watt.
D
Eli Whitney.
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Who owns most farms and factories in a capitalist economy?

A
private banks
B
private individuals
C
state governments
D
national governments
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What role did crop rotation play in the Agricultural Revolution?

A
It enabled farmers to plant many new types of crops.
B
It allowed farmers to share crops with one another.
C
It introduced new machines to plant and harvest crops.
D
It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.
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In addition to making cars, Henry Ford is best known for

A
hiring children as cheap labor.
B
perfecting the assembly line.
C
paying low wages to employees.
D
granting bonuses for inventions.
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The ultimate goal of mercantilism was to gain greater

A
influence on nearby nations.
B
power through wealth.
C
independence for individuals.
D
goods through trading.
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The list below describes working conditions in factories in the 1800s.What conclusion did reformers draw from the list?

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Factory work was preferable to life on a farm.
B
Changes were needed to improve working conditions.
C
Factory owners always did their best for workers.
D
The government should avoid getting involved in labor issues.
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In which ways did the invention of the automobile change society? Check all that apply.

A
Factory goods were made in new ways.
B
Large numbers of new roads and highways were built.
C
People felt much safer in cities at night.
D
People now had the option of working farther from home.
E
People were able to drive to different states.

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