TWNKL Industrial Revolution

What is an industry?

• a commercial business

• a collection of companies in the same type of production or business

• an educational institution

• the governing body of a nation, state, or community

The Industrial Revolution was the birth of the modern world.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• I don't understand.

Britain changed from an urban country with small industries to a rural nation.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• I don't understand.

The word revolution means...

• movement of an object

• working with someone to produce or create something

• a new method, idea, product

• huge change

Before the Industrial Revolution, Britain was an agricultural country. Most people lived on farms, growing their own produce and raising their own livestock. (Examples of livestock are....)

• factories

• transportation

• farm animals

• innovation

Only a small percentage of the population lived in large towns. The total population of Britain was more than 10 million people.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• I don't understand.

The fastest transport for most people was a horse and cart. Most industry, like pottery and weaving, was done at home. They were called ‘_________’ because goods were manufactured in homes.

• cottage industries

• artisans

• factories

• home businesses

After the Industrial Revolution, Britain was a

country that had changed hugely. Industry had

been transformed by key inventions, such as the

s____ e_____, which led to the establishment of

factories all over the country. (type the two words completely)

Most people lived in large towns, near to the ______ where they worked.

• companies

• chimneys

• factories

• farms

Transporting people and goods across the country became much faster with the development of canals, roads and railways. The population of Britain had boomed to around 30 million people, according to the 1901 census.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• I don't understand.