Industrial Revolution Begins (13.1)

Which of the following is one main reason the Industrial Revolution was a turning point in world history?

• People no longer needed to travel on foot or in horse-drawn carts.

• Anesthetics became available for use in dentistry and surgery.

• The traditional rural lifestyle ended for most people.

• People stopped exchanging goods in outdoor markets.

Why did the population of Britain increase in the mid-1700s?

• More people were needed to work in factories on the new machines.

• Better farming led to a food surplus, so fewer people died of starvation.

• People moved to cities from farming villages to find employment.

• Population statistics clearly show that people were healthier.

What important contribution did James Watt make to the Industrial Revolution?

• He improved methods of iron smelting.

• He developed ways to increase crop yields.

• He developed a seed drill planting.

• He perfected a new source of energy.

Who supplied the capital that helped Britain industrialize?

• the rapidly growing labor force

• the British government

• talented inventors with new ideas

• investors willing to take risks

Which sequence of events best describes the role of textile manufacturing in initiating industrialization?

• Demand for cotton cloth grew, cottage industry developed, and machines replaced cottage industry.

• India demanded more cotton textiles, inventors created weaving machines, and factories housed those machines.

• Demand for cotton grew and the textile industry was consolidated into factories.

• The flying shuttle was developed, demand increased for a faster weaving machine, and the spinning jenny was developed.

Which statement best explains how transportation technology advanced the Industrial Revolution?

• Improvements in shipping led most industries to send goods to markets overseas.

• Transportation played little role in industrialization until the arrival of railroads and the ability to move goods over land.

• Railroads allowed goods to travel over land, but shipping by sea remained the most important method of transporting goods.

• Rivers, ports, canals, and railroads aided the shipment of goods to many places.

What statement best describes the industrialization of other western nations after Britain?

• Most other nations were slow to adopt industrialization practices because they were unaware of the benefits.

• Some nations learned about the new technology and had more resources than Britain so they could advance quickly.

• Britain shared knowledge with other countries to gain trading partners.

• All nations had equal access to factors of production and copied Britain’s model.

How did enclosures contribute to the development of the Industrial Revolution?

• They enabled farmers to rotate crops.

• They were used to pen animals for domestication.

• They helped reclaim land from the sea.

• They consolidated fields to gain larger pastures.

What was one of Britain’s primary contributions to industrialism?

• Britain developed new farming practices that led to the second

  Agricultural Revolution.

• British inventors developed new machines for the textile industry that led to the factory system.

• The British government freely exported new technology, allowing industrialization to spread.

• British entrepreneurs invested in manufacturing and transportation all over Europe.

Why were the first factories more efficient than the earlier putting-out system?

• They did not require an outside source of power.

• They allowed laborers to build a product from start to finish.

• They brought workers and machines together in one place.

• They could be built in any location.