4º CC.SS. - TEMA 3 - Activities

1.- Complete:
- The _____________  _____________ refers to the population growth that started in Europe in around 1750.
- The population growth was caused by the _____________ in _____________ production and, later on, improvements in _____________ and hygiene.
- The improvements in nutrition put an end to the _____________  _____________ and made the population more resistant to _____________. The mortality rate _____________ and the birth rate remained the same or _____________ slightly.
- There was an increase in _____________  _____________, which was _____________ years in the late 18th century and _____________ years by the end of the 19th century.
- Demographic growth in Europe started in _____________  _____________.
- The population of _____________ grew from _____________ million in 1750 to _____________ million in 1800 and 266 million in 1850.

2.- Listen and answer the questions:
a) How were the labour conditions at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?
b) When did boys and girls of working families leave school?
c) How long did the work last?

3.- Listen and answer the questions
a) When did the Industrial Revolution begin?
b) Why was the expansion of the Industrial Revolution possible in England?
c) Why did the agricultural workers move to the cities?

4.- Listen and answer:
Indicate which class of bourgeoisie is described in each sentence:
1) It was made up of business owners, bankers and big landowners:
a) high bourgeoisie.
b) middle bourgeoisie.
c) petty bourgeoisie.
2) It was made up of professionals (lawyers, doctors, etc.), civil servants and merchants:
a) high bourgeoisie.
b) middle bourgeoisie.
c) petty bourgeoisie.
3) It consisted of employees, shopkeepers and artisans:
a) high bourgeoisie.
b) middle bourgeoisie.
c) petty bourgeoisie.
4) It was the new ruling class:
a) high bourgeoisie.
b) middle bourgeoisie.
c) petty bourgeoisie.
5) Their living conditions scarcely differed from those of the proletariat:
a) high bourgeoisie.
b) middle bourgeoisie.
c) petty bourgeoisie.
6) They replaced the aristocracy in social life:
a) high bourgeoisie.
b) middle bourgeoisie.
c) petty bourgeoisie.

5.- Listen and answer the questions:
a) Who were the Luddites?
b) What was the role of relief societies?
c) When was the first workers’ association founded?
d) When was the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union founded? What were its tasks?

6.- Listen and answer the questions:
a) What were they requesting?
b) What arguments did they use?

7.- Listen and answer the questions:
a) In which economic system does economic liberalism have its theoretical basis?
b) Which thinker is considered the father of economic liberalism?
c) What are the basic principles of economic liberalism?
d) What does economic liberalism say about state intervention?