British Industrial Revolution

Great Britain was able to industrialize because it had

• Natural resources such as coal and iron

• Overseas markets that bought British goods

• A strong navy to protect shipping lanes

• All of the above

One result of the Agricultural Revolution was

• increase in food production
• decrease in the amount of food produced
• Increase in the number of farmers
• decreased population

Which of the following was NOT a way that the steam engine changed industrialization?

• It made production faster
• Factories didn’t need to be by streams
• It caused an increase demand for coal
• It encouraged cottage industry

Why did coal production expand greatly during the Industrial Revolution?

• People preferred to use coal over electricity
• Coal was an environmentally clean fuel
• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job
• Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines

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

• An increased supply of goods could reach more markets faster.
• People could commute from their homes to work
• The railroads did not influence the industrial revolution at all
• It caused land to be redistributed to the poor

The growth of cities is called?

• urbanization
• ruralization
• decentralization
• capitalism

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was seen in the

• Emergence of the middle class and the working class
• Famines caused by families abandoning their farms
• Cloud of air pollution that choked the British Isles
• Growing death rates from accidents on the roads

Prior to the first British Industrial Revolution, what industry dominated Britain?

• Cottage industry
• Sulfur Industry
• Pottery Industry
• Mining Industry

France did not industrialise as quickly as Britain mainly because of:

• the French skill in handicrafts.

• the little coal and pig-iron deposits.

• the slow development of railways.

• all of the above.

Which of the following European nations was the last to begin industrialization?

• Russia

• Belgium

• Germany

• England