Chapter 16 Flashcards
The industrial revolution began in _____.
1750.
India and China are
LDCs
The Malthusian theory said that population tended to grow in a(n) _____ progression, while the food supply tended to grow in a(n) _____ progression.
geometric; arithmetic
The age of mass production, which began in the United States during the early years of the 20th century, was the ______ phase of the Industrial Revolution.
second
The nation whose workers work more hours per year than any other industrial nation is
The United States
Thomas Robert Malthus said that
the population doubled every 25 years.
During a year, the average American worker puts in about _____ hours on the job.
1800
Which statement is true?
The average American worker puts in more hours on the job than the average Japanese worker.
Most of the world’s population lives in
the LDCs.
According to Malthusian population theory,
the world’s population tends to grow geometrically.
The theory of population of _____ predicted that the world’s population would increase faster than the food supply.
Thomas Robert Malthus
In which countries of the world has Malthus’s prediction come closest to being true?
The less developed countries
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
About 16 percent of our GDP goes toward health care.
One of the basic innovations of the first phase of the industrial revolution was (the)
steam engine.
Each of the following has lowered our rate of economic growth except
immigration.
Brazil should be classified as a(n)
NIC.
The theory that our population would grow too quickly relative to our food supply is associated with
Thomas Malthus.
The age of mass consumption truly began around
1920.
Compared to 1870, the average worker today in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan works about
1,000 less hours a year.
Each of the following EXCEPT ______________ slowed our rate of economic growth in the 1970s and early 1980s.
research and development spending
The Malthusian theory appears to be coming true in
sub-Saharan Africa.
The first Industrial Revolution
was confined to Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan until the mid-20th century.
The second phase of the Industrial Revolution
started in America in the 1920s with the mass production of cars and electrical machinery.
Which is the most accurate statement?
Americans work more hours than the citizens of virtually every other developed
country.
Mass production of automobiles, electrical machinery, and steel was a feature of the ________ phase of the industrial revolution.
second
