The Industrial Revolution based on BBC Teach Video

'The Industrial Revolution was the biggest story to happen to mankind since we invented....'

• Electricity

• Farming

• Cars

• Vaccinations

Steam engines were powered by....

• Wind

• Animals

• Coal

• Water

The British had developed a new political system which....

• Limited monarchy

• Gave everybody legal rights

• Allowed the free flow of ideas

• Ensured that British geniuses owned their own ideas

In 1825, George Stephenson was busy connecting two towns together in the north. The towns were...and....

• Darlington

• Stockton

• Newcastle

• Harrogate

Men, women and children as young as 8 worked in factories for 12 hours a day - true or false.

• True

• False

Steam powered engines helped push ahead....

• Trade unionism

• Town planning

• New schools

• Political reform

People left the countryside to go and work in factories in the cities - true or false

• True

• False

Within a century, Britain went from a city with just 2 cities to a country with...cities.

• 29

• 49

• 39

• 59

The Industrial Revolution triggered the fastest.....transformation in British history.

• social

• public

• group

• community

In the video, Andrew likens the situation in Britain during the Industrial Revolution to which country right now?

• India

• China

• Japan

• Indonesia