Revolutions (1750-1900)
What could have been a possible outcome if child labor laws were implemented earlier during the Industrial Age?
Adult wages may have increased due to reduced labor supply.
Factory conditions may not have improved significantly.
Economic growth may have stalled from lack of cheap labor.
Education levels may not necessarily rise among children as expected.
What was a significant effect of the Industrial Revolution on global commerce?
End of international trade
Increased volume and speed of trade
Shift to agrarian economies
Decrease in maritime transport
Which of the following is a key feature of the Enlightenment philosophy?
Emphasis on traditional authority and superstition as sources of knowledge
Emphasis on the divine right of kings and absolute monarchies
Emphasis on the power of reason, observation, and experimentation as the basis for knowledge and understanding
Rejection of empirical evidence as a means of understanding the natural world
What impact did industrialization have on gender roles during the late nineteenth century?
Industrialization led to a decrease in women's participation in the workforce.
Gender equality was established in all industrialized nations.
Women achieved equal pay with men across industries globally.
Women entered factory work but continued facing limited political rights.
What result of female labor participation during the Industrial Revolution can be interpreted as having a significant implication for the status of females in society?
Experience gained from factory work enabled all women rapid ascendancy to managerial positions, outpacing men in educational attainment.
Female workers' abundant presence in textile industry brought about swift legislation to equalize working conditions for both genders en masse.
Women's entry into the workforce promoted immediate gender parity in earnings power, establishing equitable status across all sectors.
Expansion of factories created opportunities for some women to gain financial independence, yet also solidified gender roles within workplace hierarchies.
What were two key ways enlightenment philosophies redefined understandings during this period?
They discouraged scientific methods to study natural world
They emphasized observation and reason, and rejected divine right of kings
They downplayed individual’s rights to life, liberty, property
They promoted religious superstitions and absolute monarchies
Which environment-related factor was least influential on Japanese industrialization during the Meiji Restoration?
Limited natural resources drove Japan to seek colonial territories rich in raw materials needed for industry.
Famine caused by poor harvests pushed people into cities where they provided labor for new industries.
The geographic isolation due to being an island nation limited cultural influences but not industrialization itself.
Deforestation prompted Japan to import wood from Korea and Taiwan, which they later annexed partly for this purpose.

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Which technology greatly improved transportation during the Industrial Revolution?
Automobiles
Bicycles
Railways
Airplanes
Which of the following developments exemplified the global nature of industrial economies at the end of the twentieth century?
Governments strictly controlling foreign investment and curbing multinational growth.
Economy based largely on regional agrarian outputs remained dominant.
Increased trade agreements and multinational corporations across national boundaries.
Expansion to overseas territories as the primary source of wealth rather than international commerce.
What role did financial institutions play in shaping the global economy during late nineteenth-century industrialization?
They facilitated international investments that supported infrastructure projects worldwide.
They stifled innovation by refusing to fund technologically advanced overseas ventures.
They focused on redistributing wealth toward agricultural sectors at the cost of industrial development.
They were primarily concerned with stabilizing local currencies to limit international trade.