APWH 5.3 & 5.4 Industrial Revolution

Crop rotation and the seed drill led to

• increased food production.

• the use of machinery in production.

• the economic collapse in British agriculture.

Before the industrial revolution cotton was being woven in Britain by

• women in their own cottages

• children in orphanages

• slave labor

allowed more than one thread to be spun at a time

• spinning jenny

• water frame

• flying shuttle

doomed the cottage industry because it required a factory

• spinning jenny

• water frame

• flying shuttle

What system created by Eli Whitney allowed for industrial machines to be repaired and serviced more easily?

• interchangeable parts

• assembly line

• division of labor

With specialization of labor, factory owners didn't have to rely on

• skilled laborers

• machines

• the weather

In the 20th century Henry Ford improved the division of labor in factories when he introduced

• the assembly line.

• interchangeable parts.

• the water frame.

Which of the following was NOT a reason that Britain led the world in industrialization?

• mineral resources in Britain and resources from colonies

• a large slave labor force

• abundant rivers for transportation

• growing population and urbanization

• a government that protected private property

Which of the following was NOT an industrial power in the second wave of industrialization?

• France

• Germany

• the United States

• Japan

• the Mughal Empire

What had the largest impact on Russian success in industrialization?

• Trans-Siberian Railroad

• end of serfdom

• unification of fragmented small states