Industrial Revolution

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

What product was first made using machines in factories?

• Steel
• textiles
• locomotives
• flying shuttles

How were textiles made before the Industrial Revolution?

• With the loom
• By hand
• With the cotton gin
• With steam

Where did most people live before the Industrial Revolution?

• Cities
• Small Villages
• Islands
• Russia

Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• People were looking for work in factories.
• People were looking for farms.
• People wanted to buy a house.
• People wanted to sell their crops.

An early production method was called cottage industry because workers _________.

• built cottages
• worked in their homes
• lived in factories
• made cottage cheese

The spinning jenny __________.

• wove cloth quickly
• was powered by water
• made production slow
• spun many threads at one time

After the Industrial Revolution, people ____________.

• bought food and clothing from stores
• worked in factories
• lived in cities
• all of the above

Which of these is the best definition of the Industrial Revolution?

• a change from making things by machines to making them by hand
• a change from making things by hand to making them by machines in factories
• a shift from a monarchy to a democracy
• a shift from old order to new order

Money available for investment is ________.

• Cash
• Entrepreneur
• Profit
• Capital