Pre IR
Contexts
Results
Second and Sub IRs I
Second and Sub IRs II
100
In what lifestyle did people live before the IR?
Agrarian
100
What were the intellectual characteristics of the age that enabled the innovation of the IR? (Four answers, 100 points each)
Logic, Reason, Practicality, Efficiency
100
What did machines replace and how was it better. (bonus points for each "how it was better answer")
This replaced hand power labour. This was cheaper, faster, efficient...
100
__________ revolution (advances): enable increased production of food for a decreasing agrarian population
Agricultural
100
What were the main developments of the Transportation and Communication Revolutions? (Two each, 100 pts per answer)
Steamboat, locomotive Telegraph, telephone
200
Define Agrarian lifestyle.
The lifestyle of agricultural and craftsmanship in which the economy revolved around the trading of goods and services within a small community.
200
What was the overall purpose of the technological innovations of the IR?
To produce methods that replace human labour with machine labour.
200
What natural resource supplied the energy for the IR?
Coal
200
Decline of land as a source of wealth, rise of industrial production and international trade are characteristics of _____________ changes.
Economic
200
How did advances in communication effect the global market? (worth 400)
International, immediate communication of supplies and demands in productions.
300
How did the Age of Exploration prepare the world for the IR? (Three answers, 300 for each)
Knowledge of other economies around the globe Discovery of new resources Exchange of ideas
300
What was the state of the political atmosphere in which the IR took place?
The separation of church and state allowed for freedom of scientific innovation. The recent separation also allowed for the growing relationship of the economy to the government.
300
What were some negative consequences of the IR?
Pollution, lack of housing, exploitation of workers
300
Changes that reflect the shift of economic power including new state policies which respond to the needs of an industrialized society are characteristics of ______________ change.
Political
300
How did advances in communication effect the lives of all people.
International news was available to all people instantaneously despite status via newspapers.
400
How was the Age of Imperialism an enabling aspect of the IR? (Two answers, 400 for each)
Resources available to Imperial nations from colonies Colonial labour is inexpensive
400
What economic tools/factors played a significant role in the IR? (Five answers, all or nothing)
property rights Double entry book keeping Banking Credit Loans
400
What new basic materials built the structures of the IR?
Iron and steel
400
What three factors greatly contributed to increased lifespan?
Increased food supply, increased birth rate, decreased death rate.
400
How did advances in transport effect the global market?
transport of raw material to place of processing production, transport of produced goods to other parts of the world. No longer was production limited within small communities
500
What geographic factor determined the origin (geographically) of the IR?
The availability of resources in Northern Europe.
500
What does it mean that the IR is globally effective
international, intercontinental, global market/economy (both in production and consumption) more efficient than ever before.
500
Though people's overall quality of life improved, a great gap existed between the poor and rich. What is the technical name for this gap.
Socioeconomic gap.
500
What was the impact of the Transport and Communication Revolutions?
These helped to unify the world.
500
What victorian invention has changed life infinitely since the IR?
Lightbulb