Chapter 16

Question 1

Most of the worlds population lives in

Answer 1

The LDC’s

Question 2

The first industrial revolution

Answer 2

Was confined to Europe, US, Canada Australia, New Zealand and Japan until the mid-20th century.

Question 3

Compared to 1870, the average worker today in the US, Brtain, France, Germany, and Japan works about

Answer 3

1000 less hours a year

Question 4

Thomas Robert Malthus said that

Answer 4

The population doubled every 25 years

Question 5

T or F

Answer 5

About 16% of our GDP goes toward health care.

Question 6

The industrial revolution began around the year

Answer 6

1750

Question 7

India and China are

Answer 7

LDC’s

Question 8

Mass production of automobiles, electronic machinery, and steel was a feature of the ——– phase of the industrial revolution.

Answer 8

Second

Question 9

Each of the following, except —– slowed our rate of economics growth in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Answer 9

Research and development spending

Question 10

One of the basic innovations of the first page of the industrial revolution was

Answer 10

Steam engine

Question 11

The Malthsusian theory appears to be coming true in

Answer 11

Sub-sarahan Africa

Question 12

The age of mass consumption truly began around

Answer 12

1920

Question 13

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

Answer 13

USA

Question 14

Which is the most accurate statement?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

The theory of population of —– predicted that the worlds population would increase faster than the food supply.

Answer 15

Thomas Robert Malthus

Question 16

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

Answer 16

The less developed countries.

Question 17

The Malthusian theory said that the population tended to grow Ina —– progression, while the food supply tended to grow Ina —– progression.

Answer 17

Geometric and Arithmetic

Question 18

Which is true about US workers?

Answer 18

D. None are true

Question 19

During a year the average American worker puts in about ——- hours on the job.

Answer 19

1800

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Immigration

Question 21

The age of mass production, which began in the United States during the early years of the 2 century, was the ——– phase of the Industrial Revolution.

Answer 21

Second

Question 22

The second phase of the Industrial Revolution

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Brazil should be classified as a

Answer 23

NIC

Question 24

According to the Malthsusian population theory

Answer 24

The worlds population tends to grow geometrically

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Thomas Malthus