lesson Quiz 5-1

invention that improved thread production

• enclosure movement

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

• capital

supply of money

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

• capital

• industrial capitalism

economic system based on industrial production

• industrial capitalism

• capital

• steam engine

• spinning jenny

machine powered by coal, making it possible to locate factories anywhere, including away from rivers

• steam engine

• industrial capitalism

• enclosure movement

• spinning jenny

the fencing of meadows and fields, which kept peasants from using them for grazing and forced many to move to towns for work

• enclosure movement

• steam engine

• industrial capitalism

• capital

The industrial Revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers provided

• cheaper food.

• coal and iron ore.

• transportation and power.

• plentiful labor.

Why did coal production expand greatly during the industrial Revolution?

• People preferred to use coal over electricity because it was more powerful.

• Coal was an environmentally clean method of fueling machines.

• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job.

• Forests used to provide wood for energy were dwindling.

How did the railroads guarantee the success of the Industrial Revolution?

• Goods could be moved faster from the factories to the places they would be sold.

• People could travel from their homes in the countryside to the factories in the cities.

• Entrepreneurs were encouraged to invest large amounts of money in factories that were linked by railroads.

• Everyone enjoyed riding on the railroads

Industrialization spread rapidly in both Europe and the United States thanks to

• railroads.

• steamboats.

• peasants.

• wealthy investors.