Unit 2 Industrialization Revolution Review

The Industrial Revolution describes a time when

• people rejected socialism and began calling for capitalism.
• people began to use the scientific method to find answers to their questions.
• work done by machines in factories replaced work done by hand.
• industrialized nations created overseas colonies.

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• Great Britain

• France
• Germany

Rich farmland and abundant natural resources helped which other country industrialize rapidly at this time?

• United States

• Japan

• France

• Germany

What occupation did most people in the world have prior to the Industrial Revolution?

• factory workers

• entrepreneurs

• farmers

• nobility

Which is NOT a factor of production that was required to industrialize?

• Capital

• Mechanization

• Land

• Labor

Factories were powered by?

• Fire

• Water

• Solar (Sun)

• Wind

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

Where were most factories built before the steam engine was invented?

• in the mountains
• in the desert
• along rivers
• anywhere

Changing up agricultural production with tactics like crop rotation and new inventions like the steel plow were important because

• nations began looking to colonize in Africa and Asia.
• farming became profitable and large numbers of people moved away from cities to become farmers

• the increase in food increased the number of people who could work in factories.
• these changes led to massive starvation and a population decline in Europe.

This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal.

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