The Industrial Revolution and Imperialism

Fenced-in or hedged- in fields

• Crop Rotation

• Enclosures

• Spinning Jenny

• Corporations

How did the crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields?

• By growing crops in all areas of enclosures

• By increasing nutrients in the soil

• By ensuring that more of the seeds that were planted actually sprouted

• By decreasing the amount of land used to grow crops.

How did the Agricultural Revolution impact farmers?

• New farming methods required more workers on the farm.
• New farming methods produced bigger harvests with less farmers.

All of the following were the results of the agricultural revolution in Britain EXCEPT that:

• Food prices decreased

• The number of farmers increased

• Population increased

• The average size of farms increased

Which factor created favorable conditions for the I.R. in Great Britain?

• Low rural population in central England

• Presence of large oil reserves in the N. Sea

• Large deposits of iron and coal in England

• Abundance of grain and livestock in S. Scotland

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States

• England

• France

• Germany

Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?

• They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
• They bought them from factories.
• They bought them on the Internet.
• They bought them from stores.

The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.

• French Revolution
• Machine Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Technological Revolution

Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?

• because of the invention of the steam engine
• because of the invention of stagecoaches
• because of the invention of the reaper
• because rivers were getting faster every year

Which innovation  allowed factories to be built anywhere?

• flying shuttle
• spinning jenny
• cotton gin
• steam engine