Industrial Revolution begins

What important contribution did James Watt make to the Industrial Revolution?

• He developed a seed drill for planting.

• He developed ways to increase crop yields.

• He improved methods of iron smelting.

• He perfected a new source of energy.

Who supplied the capital that helped Britain industrialize?

• the British government

• investors willing to take risks

• the rapidly growing labor force

• talented inventors with new ideas

How did enclosures contribute to the development of the Industrial Revolution?

• They enabled farmers to rotate crops.

• They were used to pen animals for domestication.

• They helped reclaim land from the sea.

• They consolidated fields to gain larger pastures.

What was one way that James Watt's steam technology contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

• Steam engines powered the flying shuttle, helping weavers make cloth faster.

• The water frame used steam to improve the speed of spinning thread.

• Steam engines improved the shipping of goods and raw materials.

• Steam engines helped miners gather more coal to help power factory machines.

Why were the first factories more efficient than the earlier putting-out system?

• They did not require an outside source of power.

• They allowed laborers to build a product from start to finish.

• They brought workers and machines together in one place.

• They could be built in any location.

What do we call the change in farming practices, like creating enclosures and crop rotation, that occurred before the Industrial Revolution from 1600 - 1700?

• The Farming Revolution
• The Pre-industrial Revolution
• The Agricultural Revolution
• The Rotation Revolution

In 1750, what was life like in most of Europe?

• rural

• handmade tools

• only travel as far as you could go on horse or foot

• all of the above

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

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

When products are machine made in factories using natural resources.

• agricutlure

• industrialization

• mathamatics

• environmentalism