Industrial Revolution England

The method of textile production used before the Industrial Revolution was:

• Cottage Industry

• Factory System

• Automatic System

• Open-field system

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

• The Industrial Revolution first started in the US, not England
• England was importing more resources than exporting
• They had all the essential factors of production: land, labor, and capital
  
• England was led by an Industrialist: Winston Churchill

A person who risks his or her own money to start a business and earn a profit is a(n):

• Artisan
• Entrepreneur
• Capitalist
• Merchant

Landowners combined small plots into larger ones is referred to as:

• Laissez-Faire Agriculture
• Cottage Industry
• Open-Field System
• The Enclosure Movement

How is the Agricultural Revolution directly related to the Industrial Revolution?

• The Enclosure Movement led to an available labor source willing to work cheap wages
• People were more willing to work in factories because they wanted more than a farm life
• The population decreased because of the Enclosure Movement
• None of the options

One of the benefits of crop rotation was that it:

• divided land into small pieces
• used less land
• caused people to leave the land and move to the cities
• kept the soil fertile

Where did all the early factories have to be located, and why?

• at or above sea level because flooding was prevalent in England
• near a source of lumber because they used the lumber to create steam
• near water because they used it as a power source
• on or near a major railway line so they could send out the finished product efficiently

The Industrial Revolution brought on the exploitation of which group?

• entrepreneurs
• working class/poor
• factory managers
• the middle class

This type of agricultural production was enough to feed immediate family members

• Subsistence Farming

• Commercialization of Agriculture

• Crop Rotation

• Enclosure System

The Middle Class of the Industrial Revolution

• Bourgeoise

• Proletariat

• Working Class

• Nobles