Question

base your answers to questions 15 - 17 on the document below and on your knowledge of social studies. \the greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater skill, dexterity skillfulness, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.... this great increase of the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the invention of great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.\ adam smith, the wealth of nations, 1776 15. which of the following changes caused by the industrial revolution is the author describing above? a. the growth in size of the urban working class b. the burning of fossil fuels to power the steam engine c. the specialization of labor seen in the factory system d. the increase in average standard of living 16. which of the following technological advancements furthered the process described here by adam smith? a. the telegraph b. the assembly line c. the steamship d. the steam - powered locomotive 17. which of the following individuals would most likely disagree with the argument put forth in the document above? a. toussaint louverture b. karl marx c. thomas malthus d. john locke

Explanation:

• Question 15: The text mentions "the division of labour" which is related to the specialization of labor in factories. The other options (urban working - class growth, fossil - fuel use, standard - of - living increase) are not directly related to the division of labor described.
• Question 16: The assembly line is a form of division of labor (each worker has a specialized task). The telegraph, steamship, and steam - powered locomotive are more about communication or transportation rather than division of labor.
• Question 17: Karl Marx was critical of the capitalist system (which Adam Smith was a proponent of, especially in terms of free - market and division - of - labor ideas). Toussaint L'Ouverture was a leader in the Haitian Revolution (focused on slavery and independence), Thomas Malthus was about population and resources, and John Locke was a philosopher on natural rights.

Answer:

1. C. the specialization of labor seen in the factory system
2. B. the assembly line
3. B. Karl Marx