SAT II World History : Industrial Revolution
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Example Question #1 : Industrial Revolution
The Communist Manifesto was written by __________.
Voltaire and John Locke
Karl Marx and Frederich Engels
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire and Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes and Karl Marx
Karl Marx and Frederich Engels
All of the individuals mentioned in the answer choices to this question were writers and political thinkers during either the Enlightenment era or the Industrial Revolution. Karl Marx and Frederich Engels wrote The Commnuist Manifesto in 1848. The book is the principle work of communist theory. One form of communism is even called Marxism, and the term also refers to a study of history based on class struggles.
Example Question #31 : Global Developments
James Watt is generally remembered as the inventor of __________.
automobiles
the railroad
the factory system
laissez-faire capitalism
the steam engine
the steam engine
James Watt was a Scottish inventor who helped perfect the Newcomen Steam Engine in the 1770s. Although he did not actually invent the steam engine, he is generally remembered as having done so. His adaptations to the steam engine created the necessary machinery that led to the Industrial Revolution.
Example Question #32 : Global Developments
The Industrial Revolution arose first in __________.
France
Russia
the United States
England
Germany
England
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the early nineteenth century. Due to England's relative wealth, agricultural prosperity, surplus of workers, colonial holdings, and history of capitalist democracy, the prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution were heavily concentrated there. The Industrial Revolution quickly spread from England around Europe and to North America.
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