The Industrial Revolution

Which best describes what an agrarian society is?

• Where a society’s leaders control the production of crops and farming

• Where a society’s economy is based on producing crops and farming

• Where a society’s economy is based on mining the earth's minerals

• Where a society’s economy is based upon the wealth gathered from its empire

What is an empire?

• countries that are ruled over by a female monarch.

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch or state.

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over the British in the 16th to 20th centuries

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a king

Which term best describes the aristocracy?

• A group of people who (through wealth and race) belong to the upper class of a society

• A group of people who (through wealth or birth) belong to the political class of a society

• A group of people who (through birth) belong to the middle class of a society

• A group of people who (through wealth or birth) belong to the upper class of a society

What does the acronym C.I.P stand for?

• Capital, Investment, People

• Coal, Intellectual climate, Practical knowledge

• Coal, Investment, Population

• Control, Intelligence, Power

What does S.E.C.C.C stand for?

• Significance, Ethics, Chronology, Cause and effect, continuity and change,

• Significance, Evidence, Capitalism, Cause and effect, continuity and change,

• Significance, Evidence, Chronology, Cause and effect, continuity and change,

• Significance, Empire, Chronology, Cause and effect, continuity and change,

Who designed the world's first steam engine and in what year?

• Thomas Eddison in 1711

• Thomas Moore in 1812

• Thomas Newcomen in 1712

• Taylor Watt in 1912

Which definition best describes the concept of continuity and change?

• Some things stay the same for around 100 years and then they adapt and change

• The way in which certain individuals or events are considered to be of greater significance

• It is the cause of an event and the effect that this has

• Some things stay the same while other things change

What percentage of people in Britain lived in rural areas before 1750?

• 100%

• 97%

• 87%

• 12%

What were the two (2) changes in agriculture?

• New types of crops and changes in land ownership

• New types of fertiliser and changes in land ownership

• New machines and changes in rules for child labour

• New methods of farming and changes in land ownership

What does social class mean?

• The place someone has in a society based on their age and race

• The place someone has in a society based on their level of skills

• The place someone has in a society based on their level of wealth

• The place someone has in a society based on their level of wealth or social position