Quiz on "Does Automation Destroy Jobs?"




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There are two kinds of questions those with circles in front of the answers and those with squares in front of the answers.  The ones with circles have only one answer.  The ones with squares can have more than one answer but might only have one answer. Lets say a question has 2 right answers and you check the correct boxes but you also check two boxes that are the wrong answer. You will get a score of zero on the question even though 2 of the answers were correct. 
 

Robots are more likely to cause the loss of?


Interesting jobs

Who were the Luddites

People from the town of Ludington
People who made textiles
People who made hammers and other tools
People who destroyed looms

200 years ago approximately what percent of Americans worked on a farm?

1
20
40
80

Today approximately what percent of Americans work on a farm?


12
22
32

What happened to most of the Americans who lost their farm jobs?

They overthrew the government
Other jobs became available to them
They became poor
Farm equipment did their old jobs

Why did inventing and creating new machines take so long in ancient times?

People were dumber back then.
They didn't need anything new
They were content with what they had.
People were to busy surviving to invent anything

Which of the following are true?

Automation caused people to lose jobs
Automation caused new jobs to become available
Automation made products cheaper
Automation made products more expensive