Industrialization, Imperialism, and Japan

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin in 1750?

• The United States

• England

• France

• Germany

the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods

• textile
• economy
• industrialization
• technology

Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?

• They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
• They bought them from factories.
• They bought them on the Internet.
• They bought them from stores.

Look at the time line. What would be a good title for it?

• How the Cotton Gin Is Made
• How the Erie Canal Was Built
• Inventions from the Industrial Revolution
• Inventors of the Industrial Revolution

Why were railroads so important during the Industrial Revolution?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances

• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states

• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

What had to occur before the Industrial Revolution could take place?

• The Economic Revolution
• The Glorious Revolution
• The Agricultural Revolution
• The French Revolution

During the Industrial Revolution time period, the middle class......

• Earned more money

• lived in Victorian Houses

• Had more free time

• All of the above

Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?

• because of the invention of the steam engine
• because of the invention of stagecoaches
• because of the invention of the reaper
• because rivers were getting faster every year

Which 2 natural resources were important for England to begin industrializing?

• wood and peat

• oil and natural gas

• coal and iron

• cotton and tobacco

During the nineteenth century (1800s), industrialization in Great Britain differed from industrialization in Japan mainly because Great Britain

• had greater deposits of natural resources

• encountered government resistance to economic growth

• used isolationism to increase its economic power

• duplicated the factory systems used in China