AMSCO 5.3-5.6

Industrialization refers to a shift from

• hand-made to machine-made

• machine-made to hand-made

• electrical power to water power

• water power to solar power

• democracy to dictatorship

Crop rotation and the seed drill led to

• an increase in hunger

• more people working on farms

• a surge in population

• a decline in population

• the invention of the spinning jenny

Eli Whitney's idea for creating interchangeable parts led directly to the

• socialist takeover of Russia

• division and specialization of labor in factories

• invention of the water frame

• need for more skilled craft workers

• Meiji Restoration in Japan

All of these are reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain EXCEPT

• it has a good network of rivers

• it had an absolute monarch who controlled all land and resources

• it had good sources of investment capital

• it had access to many natural resources such as coal

• it had constitutional protections for private property

Industry in the United States was helped by all of these EXCEPT

• access to many natural resources and rivers

• millions of immigrant workers coming from Europe

• lots of capital available to invest in new businesses

• strict immigration restrictions which kept foreign workers out

• a government that protects the rights of citizens and businesses

In the 19th century, Russia

• began industrializing before most other nations

• built the Trans-Siberian Railroad to foster more trade

• refused to industrialize since it was based on capitalism

• had ample resources but was still unable to produce steel

• lacked the natural resources to fully industrialize

Britain's colonial rule over India resulted in

• a large increase in Indian shipbuilding

• more iron and steel production in India

• a shutdown of many Indian industries and an uprising against British rule

• Most Indians supporting British rule

• India becoming a strong, independent nation by the end of the 1800s

In general, industrialization took place

• In Russia first, then spreading west from there

• In Britain first, then spreading to Western Europe

• In Japan first, later spreading to Europe

• In Europe and Asia around the same time

• In the U.S. first, then spreading to both Europe and East Asia

James Watt's _____ ______ revolutionized both sea and land travel.

• steam engine

• water frame

• spinning jenny

• assembly line

• seed drill

_____ formed the backbone of industrial society with the use of the Bessemer Process.

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Steel

• Rivers