Industrial Revolution

What invention improved thread production?

• cotton gin

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

• water frame

Supply of money is best known as __________.

• capital

• entrepreneurship

• industrial capitalism

• puddling

This machine, powered by coal, made it possible to locate factories anywhere, including away from rivers.

• cotton gin

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

• water loom

Which economic system is based on industrial production?

• capital

• entrepreneurship

• industrial capitalism

• puddling

The fencing of meadows and fields, which kept peasants from using them for grazing and forced many to move to towns for work, was known as the __________.

• communist movement

• enclosure movement

• realism movement

• socialist movement

Which of the following helped make Great Britain the starting place for the Industrial Revolution?

• fewer peasant farmers

• improved transportation

• more open farmland

• smaller crops

Why were Britain's entrepreneurs successful in starting businesses, and thus the Industrial Revolution?

• Britain's entrepreneurs controlled all the natural resources.

• British entrepreneurs were good at inventing new machinery.

• Entrepreneurs had money to invest in new businesses.

• The British people allowed the entrepreneurs to take advantage of them.

One of the first important products for Britain's manufacturers was

• cheaply produced food.

• cotton cloth.

• railroad cars.

• water-powered looms.

How did the steam engine change the entire factory system when textiles were being produced?

• Factories spread all over the country, close to workers.

• Less material was created in each factory.

• Steamboats carried raw materials from factory to factory, bringing needed materials for manufacturing.

• The work became much quieter, so people didn't mind living near factories.

The iron industry expanded during the Industrial Revolution because

• coal was burned to create high-quality iron.

• factory owners preferred to use iron over coal.

• iron was used to build trains and railroads.

• there were few impurities in pig iron.