Industrial Revolution

Why did the British have many natural resources?

• They borrowed them from Belgium

• They got them from the trade market

• They got them from their colonies around the world

• They got them from Ireland

Which new social class was introduced after the industrial revolution?

• The working class

• The upper class

• The monarchs

• The peasants

The economy of a rural area focuses on

• Mining

• Agriculture

• Coal

• Steam

Britain's _________ helped them finance loans to entrepreneurs

• Banking system

• Labor system

• Political stability

• Transportation system

The first industry industrialized in Britain was

• The automotive industry

• The agricultural industry

• The textile industry

• The transportation industry

Worker productivity is

• When workers arrive at work

• How workers do their job

• Which tools a worker uses

• How many goods a worker produces on average

Eli Whitney and Simeon North invented

• The steam engine

• Interchangeable parts

• The steam locomotive

• The spinning jenny

Japan was late to the industrial revolution because they

• Had no resources

• Thought of it too late

• Were isolated until the 1800s

• Couldn't find the steam engine

In the ___________ system, workers focused on doing one task that they specialized in, resulting in mass production.

• Domestic

• Factory

• Industrial

• Agricultural

The use of machines in agriculture meant that there were ________ people to work in factories.

• More

• Less

• The same amount