The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution is the name historians have given to the period in history when:

• there was a large and rapid change in the way things were made.

• there was a Revolution in France

• there was a war going on in Europe

• there the monarchy was being replaced

The production mode changed now insted of things being _________________, they were in large quantities by _________________.

• handmade; machines in factories.

• machines in factories; handmade.

The products began to be produced in a large scale, therefore they were cheaper.

• True

• False

People started to move from _____________ to work in the __________ because they offered more and better paid work.

• a big city life; the agriculture

• an agriculture based life; marines

• an agricultural based life; factories

• a big city life; factories

The Industrial Revolution began in

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Italy

The industrial Revolution began on the middle of the

• 17th century

• 19th century

• 18th century

• 20th century

The ideas and inventions were only taken up and used on the production system.

• True

• False

The steam engine was used to

• transport the coal from one place to another

• power the factories and pump out the deeper mines

• power up lights on the city houses

• transport food

The main source of power in this period was

• coal

• eletric energy

• wood

The period called Enlightenment is notable by

• people going to big cities to live.

• people going to the country to live.

• people asking less questions about the way the worls worked, not regarding science.

• people asking more questions about the way the world worked, based on science.