WORLD HISTORY UNIT 6: INDUSTRIALIZATION CH 23 REVIEW

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the emergence of a middle class and the working class.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Henry Cort invented which of the following?

• spinning jenny
• steam engine
• puddling
• locomotive

An entrepreneur is a person who _____.

• works hard at whatever he or she does.
• has a lot of money to invest in businesses.
• wants to earn a lot of money at any cost.
• figures out new businesses for making money.

Coal production expand greatly during the Industrial Revolution because __________.

• People preferred to use coal over electricity because it was more powerful.
• Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines.
• Coal was an environmentally clean method of fueling machines.
• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job.

The Industrial Revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers provided

• labor
• coal and iron ore
• transportation and power
• cheaper food

industrial capitalism is an economic system based on agricultural production.

• TRUE
• FALSE

the fencing of the meadows and fields of Britain, which kept peasants from using them for grazing and forced many to move to towns for work was called the _____.

• free enterprise system
• spinning jenny
• agricultural revolution
• enclosure movement

The _____ was an invention that improved thread production.

• locomotive
• spinning jenny
• steam engine
• rocket

Which of the following terms refers to a supply of money?

• labor
• capital
• resources
• puddling

The _____ was a machine powered by coal. It allowed  factories to be located anywhere.

• lcomotive
• steam engine
• spinning jenny
• water frame