Industrial Revolution Lesson 16

Industrial Revolution

Lesson 16

Multiple Choice

Who was James Watt?

• created the Newcomen engine

• created the lightbulb

• created a much more efficient steam engine

• created an innovative textile machine

Multiple Select

click the correct factors of industrialization in Great Britain (multiple answers)

• political stability

• Banking system

• innovation in electricity

• transportation system

• raw materials

Multiple Choice

• ____________had many navigable rivers and seaports; coastal trade possible; well-maintained toll roads

• nationwide network of canals

• Steam engine (7,000 miles of RR track.)

• France

• Great Britain

• U.S.

• Germany

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct about Great Britain's ability to lead the way in industrialization?

• political stability, vast amount of unsettled land, transportation system, waterways

• lots of coal & iron, experts in woolen textile industry, complex hand weaving designs

• political stability, raw materials, banking system, transportation system

Multiple Choice

Which country benefitted from the following factors: plentyful coal & iron, experts in woolen textile industry, complex hand weaving designs

• Belgium

• France

• US

Multiple Select

Which country industrialized fairly late?

• Germany

• France

• Belgium

• U.S.

Multiple Choice

A _____ worker lived in the countryside, farmed for most of the year, and made cloth in the off-season.

• lazy

• factory

• cottage/domestic

• country

Multiple Choice

1. the Bessemer process

• complete control by one firm of the production and/or the supply of a good

• a process where people work and produce goods from their own homes

• costly but effective way to convert steel to iron

• inexpensive way to convert iron to steel

Multiple Choice

Which country relied more on waterpower than steam power?

• Great Britain

• Russia

• Germany

• France

Multiple Choice

Which country became a leading nation in industry, esp in metalwork & later electrical equipment & weapons

• Germany

• France

• Belgium

• Japan

Multiple Choice

This country extracted it's resources from colonized countries; their new government facilitated modern industrialization

• Belgium

• Japan

• Great Britain

• China