Industrial Revolution

How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to an increased food supply in England?

• More people started working on farms

• New technology and innovations in farming

• The Enlightenment thinkers planted more food

• Common land increased food production

What was the four crop rotation system?

• Process of making collectivized farms.

• Laws that arrested people who tried to farm on private property.

• A system that rotated crops throughout fields that included cover crops like turnips to replenish nutrients back into the soil.

• System that used fences to enclose farms.

What key natural resources did England have that made the Industrial Revolution possible?

• Diverse climate, natural harbors and salt mines.

• Iron ore, lumber and oil.

• Cotton, wool and silk.

• Coal, waterways, natural harbors and an island nation.

Which invention had the greatest affect on industrialization.

• Seed drill

• Steam engine

• Canals

• Water mill

What are some negative effects of the movement of people into cities?

• Organization of labor unions.

• Less jobs available on farms.

• Overcrowding, pollution and unsanitary living conditions.

• Increased gas prices, lower property value.

How was England able to easily ship manufactured goods around the world?

• England is an island located in a central location for trading.

• England built a highway across the Atlantic Ocean.

• England paid the Spanish to ship their products.

• England forced foreign nations to pick up their manufactured goods.

What economic ideas does The Wealth of Nations express?

• That governments need to make strong laws to regulate business.

• The government controlling the means of production creates a classless society.

• That governments should stay out of economic affairs

• That governments should assign businesses to people.

What factors contributed to the "Great Stink"?

• Digging up coal mines.

• People not showering.

• Green dye being dumped into the Thames River.

• Pollution from people moving to cities.

Which of the following was a result of factory life?

• The rise of the middle class.

• A decrease in the quality of life for workers.

• An increase in living conditions for factory workers.

• An increase in wages for workers.

What caused Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel to write The Communist Manifesto?

• Too much government involvement in business.

• A concern for pollution and damage to the environment.

• Terrible working conditions for children and adults due to the Industrial Revolution.

• Anger over the monarchy in England.