Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Britain

• United States

• France

• Belgium

During the Industrial Revolution, production shifted from handmade to...

• machine-made

• hand-knit

• communally owned

• organic

Shifting production from handmade to machine-made & mass produced is called:

• agrarianization

• urbanization

• industrialization

• immigration

An agrarian society is centered around:

• spinning

• mechanizing

• technology

• farming

This natural resource was in high demand during the Industrial Revolution & was abundant in Britain:

• lumber

• potatoes

• steam

• coal

This invention spun 8+ threads of wool or cotton at once instead of just one!

• cotton gin

• spinning jenny

• telegraph

• steam engine

A person that takes on the risk of starting a business:

• magnate

• entrepreneur

• merchant

• tycoon

Urbanization is the movement of people to the:

• suburbs

• rural territory

• country

• city

Residences for the working class located in the city were called:

• tenements

• apartments

• townhouses

• dwellings

Labor unions were created to bargain for:

• better pay & conditions

• longer lunches & soda breaks

• 5 hours days

• more child laborers