Industrial Revolution Review

Before the Agricultural Revolution happened in Britain, the system of agriculture was called:

• closed field system

• open field system

• fallow field system

What was the Enclosure movement?

• Wealthy landowners closed off fields with hedges or fences.

• Village farmers began farming only small strips of land.

• The process of rapid growth in cities.

This process improved farming through planting different crops in fields each year to restore nutrients to the soil:

• seed drill

• selective breeding

• crop rotation

The development of machine production of goods is called:

• modernization

• industrialization

• urbanization

Which country was the first to industrialize?

• Japan

• United States

• Britain

The 3 factors of production are:

• land, labor, and cash

• land, credit, and loans

• land, labor, and capital

Which industry was the first to go through industrialization?

• Textiles (cloth production)

• Mining

• Transportation

A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business is called:

• an entrepreneur

• an inventor

• a CEO

The first factories were built next to what geographical feature?

• cliffs

• oceans

• Streams or rivers

In the first factories, the average worker worked:

• 8 hours per day

• 14 hours per day

• 12 hours per day