Author Question: Factory production of purely cotton fabric was made possible by the invention of the ________. A. ... (Read 56 times)

ETearle · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Historians can tell that premarital sexual relations increased in northwestern Europe by studying ________.

A. diary entries
B. anthropological factors
C. church rulings
D. the increase in the number of abandoned children
E. oral histories

Question 2

Until the late eighteenth century, European Jews who did not convert to Christianity ________.

A. were accepted as equals by Christians
B. were discriminated against
C. were among the most powerful social groups
D. enjoyed a good standard of living as a group
E. were active in most trades

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of the eighteenth-century artisan guilds?

A. They provided a framework for social and economic advancement.
B. They were particularly weak in central Europe.
C. They determined who could pursue a craft in order to lessen competition.
D. They provided social benefits, such as guaranteed admission to the guild, for an artisan's son.
E. They controlled prices.

Question 4

By the early nineteenth century, the steam engine had become a prime mover for all of the following industries EXCEPT ________.

A. ships
B. wagons
C. iron rails
D. automobiles
E. mining

Question 5

Factory production of purely cotton fabric was made possible by the invention of the ________.

A. water frame
B. spinning jenny
C. pulling-out system
D. steam engine
E. flying shuttle