The Industrial Revolution - The Beginning of Industrialization

What are large areas of land that rich landowners would buy and surround with fences or hedges so that they could experiment with farming strategies?

• spinning jenny

• crop rotations

• enclosures

• industrialization

What is the changing of crops from year to year to let the nutrients in the soil replenish?

• seed plowing

• enclosures

• seed drilling

• crop rotations

Which of the following is not a factor of production?

• capital

• industry

• labor

• land

What is the process of developing machine production with natural resources to make goods?

• steam engine

• the Industrial Revolution

• industrialization

• factors of production

What did James Hargreaves develop that helped begin the developments in the textile industries?

• power loom

• seed driller

• steam engine

• spinning jenny

What did the U.S. have that allowed for the development of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney to process cotton at a faster rate?

• better trade deals

• large factories

• slavery

• more capital

Who is a risk taker in business that often invests money into newer inventions or products?

• analyst

• executive

• entrepreneur

• enclosure

Why did John McAdam used crushed stone on roads in Britain?

• there were plenty of them as natural resources

• it made them easier to travel on

• he made good trade deals with other businesses

• it was cheaper

What are the roads called that private investors would put money into that would make them better than normal roads and require a fee to use?

• turnpike

• highway

• bypass

• junction

What was George Stephenson credited with making in England that was around 27 miles long

• the spinning jenny

• the first railroad

• the first turnpike

• the first paved road