World History Ch 5-6: Industrial Revolution

What exactly was the industrial revolution?

• a period of increased crop productivity during the 1600s and 1700s that was brought about through the development of new machines, enclosures, and crop rotation

• the increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s and continued into the 1800s

• the resources - including land, labor, and capital - that are needed to produce goods and services

• the time period when the third estate fought for independence from the monarchy

What exactly was the agricultural revolution?

• the increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s and continued into the 1800s

• the resources - including land, labor, and capital - that are needed to produce goods and services

• a period of increased crop productivity during the 1600s and 1700s that was brought about through the development of new machines, enclosures, and crop rotation

• a method of buying and selling crops in a free market that put small farmers out of business

What is the definition of the factors of production?

• the resources - including land, labor, and capital - that are needed to produce goods and services

• a period of increased crop productivity during the 1600s and 1700s that was brought about through the development of new machines, enclosures, and crop rotation

• the increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s and continued into the 1800s

• a method of dividing up work to more efficiently produce goods

Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors of production?

• Labor

• Capital

• Markets

• Land

What were enclosures?

• the process of secluding a religious order or other community from the outside world
• the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
• a document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter
• the fenced-in or hedged-in fields created by wealthy British landowners on land that was formerly worked by small farmers

What is crop rotation?

• the process of fencing off smaller fields to make one large farm, done by wealthy British landowners
• eating a healthy diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health by consuming all of the essential nutrients 
• New seeding and harvesting methods that vastly increased crop yields and preserved the fertility of the land
• Spinning vegetables around on your fork at the dinner table

What are the four natural resources that helped Great Britain industrialize first?

• Coal for power, Iron for machines, Rivers for transport, Harbors for trade.
• Fire to cook food, Water to drink, Earth to make bricks, Wind to power windmills
• Clean air to breathe, Clean water to drink, Solar power to charge batteries, Organic farming to increase crop yields
• Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, and Wood to burn in furnaces

Why did the industrial revolution begin in Great Britain?

• Great Britain had always been the most advanced country in the world
• Great Britain was forced to make many changes after they were defeated by Napoleon
• Great Britain was motivated to prove to the newly created United States of America that it was better
• Great Britain had political stability, a banking system and all 3 of the factors of production

Who created an efficient and usable steam engine?

• James Watt
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Francis Cabot Lowell

Who invented the cotton gin?

• James Watt
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Francis Cabot Lowell