Class Question Test Flashcards
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?
Because it had new technology, advanced transportation, a colonial market to sell goods to, and strong financial institutes that could invest in new inventions and factories.
How were Jethro Tull and Charles Townshend a contributing factor to farming?
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill and developed the horse drawn hoe, while Charles Townshend advocated and popularized crop rotation.
T/F The Textile Industry machine was used to create text
False
T/F: Workers in a factory could choose how many hours they worked.
False
What was one of Britain’s most abundant natural resources? But why was it still so costly?
Steel, because of low production and inefficient machines and processes.
What year did James Watt’s design for the steam engine get developed???
1769
What was the major significance of the Steam Engine being invented and why was it so important for the invention of other machines?
It allowed transportation of goods quickly, specifically to factories.
Who made the light bulb? What were some of his other inventions?
Thomas Edison, who also invented the phonograph, the motion picture projector, and the carbon transmitter
Banks were unimportant to the growth of factories in the Industrial Revolution.
False
(T/F) Kids had safety and worked 12 hours.
False
Where was the increase of population most noticeable?
Cities
(t/f) the working conditions in factories were one of the main reasons for reform
True
What was one contribution of Benjamin Disraeli made to political reforms?
He worked to give working class men the right to vote.
(T/F) Women still are still treated poorly today even after the Women’s rights movement.
True
How does the idea of socialists conflict with the Christian view of the world?
It neglects the reality of sin, thinking that man and society can become perfect. This is untrue because of sin nature. The Bible says that man is naturally evil and consumed by sin, so many of the socialists ideas could not be true.
(T/F) Robert Owen established a socialist community for his workers in Ireland.
False
What was one or more ways Fabian society promote for?
It promotes a democratic socialist state with equality of wealth, power, opportunity, liberty, rights, and public service.
(T/F) Christian socialists tried to portray socialism positively
True
What did Robert Raikes start that became important to church history? Why is it important?
Sunday school, which taught working class children the gospel.
What was George Muller’s wife’s name?
a: Mary Groves and Susanna Grace Sanger
b: Molly Bradson and Mandy Haze Mabel
c: Cally Bland and Grace Vols Harper
d: Bree Colgard and Francis Lay Toland
A - Mary Groves and Susanna Grace Sanger
How did William contribute to the English people?
He preached to people who may not have been able to hear the word and was the first general of the salvation army to help people who couldn’t help themselves.
What did Dwight L. Moody do try to help the social and humanitarian needs of his time, such as the care of orphans and the education of poor children?
He founded Bible institutes and schools to teach children about the gospel. He also converted many people and evangelized the poor.
Charles Darwin was the father of what scientific theory?
The theory of evolution
What were two new things founded in the Revolution of the Physical Sciences?
X-rays and the periodic table
Who was a realism artist???
Van Gogh
Gustave Courbet
Leonardo da Vinci
Picasso
B- Gustave Courbet
