Chapter 16

Question 1

The industrial revolution began in _____.

Answer 1

1750.

Question 2

India and China are

Answer 2

LDCs

Question 3

The Malthusian theory said that population tended to grow in a(n) _____ progression, while the food supply tended to grow in a(n) _____ progression.

Answer 3

geometric; arithmetic

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

second

Question 5

The nation whose workers work more hours per year than any other industrial nation is

Answer 5

The United States

Question 6

Thomas Robert Malthus said that

Answer 6

the population doubled every 25 years.

Question 7

During a year, the average American worker puts in about _____ hours on the job.

Answer 7

1800

Question 8

Which statement is true?

Answer 8

The average American worker puts in more hours on the job than the average Japanese worker.

Question 9

Most of the world’s population lives in

Answer 9

the LDCs.

Question 10

According to Malthusian population theory,

Answer 10

the world’s population tends to grow geometrically.

Question 11

The theory of population of _____ predicted that the world’s population would increase faster than the food supply.

Answer 11

Thomas Robert Malthus

Question 12

In which countries of the world has Malthus’s prediction come closest to being true?

Answer 12

The less developed countries

Question 13

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Answer 13

About 16 percent of our GDP goes toward health care.

Question 14

One of the basic innovations of the first phase of the industrial revolution was (the)

Answer 14

steam engine.

Question 15

Each of the following has lowered our rate of economic growth except

Answer 15

immigration.

Question 16

Brazil should be classified as a(n)

Answer 16

NIC.

Question 17

The theory that our population would grow too quickly relative to our food supply is associated with

Answer 17

Thomas Malthus.

Question 18

The age of mass consumption truly began around

Answer 18

1920.

Question 19

Compared to 1870, the average worker today in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan works about

Answer 19

1,000 less hours a year.

Question 20

Each of the following EXCEPT ______________ slowed our rate of economic growth in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Answer 20

research and development spending

Question 21

The Malthusian theory appears to be coming true in

Answer 21

sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 22

The first Industrial Revolution

Answer 22

was confined to Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan until the mid-20th century.

Question 23

The second phase of the Industrial Revolution

Answer 23

started in America in the 1920s with the mass production of cars and electrical machinery.

Question 24

Which is the most accurate statement?

Answer 24

Americans work more hours than the citizens of virtually every other developed
country.

Question 25

Mass production of automobiles, electrical machinery, and steel was a feature of the ________ phase of the industrial revolution.

Answer 25

second