Technology, Resources, and Sustainability
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Who invented the world’s first polio vaccine, effectively saving millions of lives?
Jonas Salk
Eugene Debs
Victor Hugo
William Jennings Bryan
Robert Fulton
Explanation
Jonas Salk invented the world’s first polio vaccine in 1953. Prior to the invention of this vaccine polio had crippled and killed millions of people throughout human history.
The Industrial Revolution began in __________
the eighteenth century.
the nineteenth century.
the seventeenth century.
the twentieth century.
the sixteenth century.
Explanation
The Industrial Revolution is generally considered to have begun in England and shortly thereafter in Northern and Western Europe towards the end of the eighteenth century. The pace of change dramatically accelerated in the nineteenth century. The Industrial Revolution was a period of massive economic and social upheaval in Europe and the United States. On the back of new technologies, in particular the creation of the factory system, a whole new labor system arose, and both the working and middle classes grew in number.
The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
England
The United States
France
China
Japan
Explanation
The Industrial Revolution began in England towards the end of the eighteenth century and eventually spread to Europe and the United States. It was the primary reason why England was able to dominate so effectively the economic stage during the nineteenth century.