Origins of the Industrial Revolution Lecture

Multiple Choice

Thinking about the Enclosure Movement musical chairs activity earlier, who seemed to benefit the most from the enclosure movement?

• Wealthy landowners
• Urban workers
• Local artisans
• Small farmers

Open Ended

Based on the last question, how did wealthy land owners stand to benefit from this movement? Use the attached image to help you in addition to the activity!

Multiple Choice

Based on the Essential Question, found on the previous slide, what is the point of this assignment? Hint: If you skipped past the last slide, now's a great time to go back and take a look at it!

• To determine how the second agricultural revolution lead to the beginning of the second Industrial Revolution.

• To determine how the first agricultural revolution lead to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

• To determine how the second agricultural revolution lead to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

Multiple Choice

How did the Industrial Revolution transform the way work was done?

• Rather than making goods by hand, they would be made by machines.

• Rather than making goods with machines, they would be made by hand.

• Work remained entirely manual and unchanged, similar to the last few hundred years.

• Production was solely based on individual craftsmanship.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Most Europeans lived in small villages prior to the Industrial Revolution.

• True
• False

Drag and Drop

Farmers relied on the medieval ​

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system. Few farmers ​

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with new farm techniques. As a result, the ​

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that was produced kept the ​

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of Europe from growing ​

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.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

three-field

experimented

little food

population

Rapidly

two-field

ignored

abundant food

decline

Slowly

Multiple Choice

Why did fences, or hedges, lead to farmers losing their lands in Europe in what became known as the Enclosure Movement?

• Fences were built to protect crops from animals.
• Hedges were used to mark property boundaries legally.
• Farmers built fences to increase their land size.
• Fences and hedges enclosed common lands, displacing small farmers.

Open Ended

In your opinion, was it shady of the wealthy land owners to enclose what had been common lands for centuries with fences and hedges? Or was this their right to do so as the owners of the land? Explain your reasoning below.

Match

Match the following advancements made during the Second Agricultural Revolution to their correct description.

• Growing different types of crops in the same field in a planned sequence over several seasons to improve soil health

• A farming tool with a stronger blade used to cut, lift, and turn the soil, making it easier to plant crops

• A farming device that plants seeds at the correct depth and spacing in rows, improving growth and efficiency

Crop Rotation

Iron Plow

Seed Drill

• Crop Rotation

• Iron Plow

• Seed Drill