The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

By Amanda Arendt

Multiple Choice

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Great Britain

• France

• Ireland

• Scotland

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The Industrial Revolution was a production revolution that went from...

• factories powered by steam and water to small cottage industries

• industries of mass production to industries of even more mass production

• small cottage industries to factories powered by steam and water

• industries of scale

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What was the dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution?

• cotton

• textiles

• tobacco

• sugar

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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?

• Great Britain had conquered all other lands so the home country needed to produce for all of its territories.

• Great Britain had the greatest need for industrialization.

• Great Britain had the biggest population.

• Many of the most important inventions and innovations that powered the Revolution were made in Great Britain.

Multiple Choice

What device reduced the amount of work needed to make cloth?

• the spinning jenny

• the water wheel

• the sewing machine

• the cotton spin

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Which invention was the product of combining the spinning jenny and the water frame?

• the spinning donkey

• the spinning mule

• the cotton gin

• the spinning jenny

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What was James Watt's greatest contribution to the Industrial Revolution?

• invention of the steam engine

• invention of the spinning jenny

• invention of electricity

• invention of the spinning mule

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What was the enclosure movement?

• wealthy landowners bought smaller farms and enclosed the larger lands with fences

• landowners bought pieces of land and put fences around the land

• homeowners put fences around their property for protection

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What was a result of the enclosure movement?

• many smaller farm workers moved to the cities to work in factories

• people who owned big farms sold their farms to factories

• agricultural production increased

• people who owned big farms also owned factories

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All of the following are the three factors of production that allowed for the Industrial Revolution to explode in Britain except...

• land

• labor

• lack of natural resources

• capital

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What was needed in vast quantities to fuel steam engines and furnaces?

• coal

• cattle

• money

• cotton

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Which word represents a large workforce for the industries?

• labor

• capital

• natural resources

• land

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What is the money needed to fund industry?

• capital

• land

• natural resources

• labor

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A straightforward legal system allowed the formation of all of the following except...

• joint-stock companies

• enforced property rights

• respected patents for inventions

• d

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Which legal act granted seats in Parliament to large cities that had sprung up during the Industrial Revolution and removed seats from smaller areas that had been dominated by a wealthy patron?

• the Reformation

• the Great Reform Act

• the Great Industrialization Act

• the Great Revolution Act

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All of the following increased drastically in Great Britain except...

• population

• pollution

• urbanization

• improved working conditions

• independence for women