Tea and the industrial revolution

Match the following

• a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand

• require

• a change in the way a country is governed

• decade

• a period of ten years

• revolution

• struggle with a difficulty or problem

• wrestle

• need for a particular purpose

• enigma

Match the following

• having a great deal of money; wealthy

• affluent

• a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided

• sufficient

• enough; adequate

• criteria

• completely certain about something

• convinced

• a rise or leap from a surface

• take off

Is $100 ​ (a)   for your expenses?

• sufficient
• affluent
• urban
• revolutionary

Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has spent decades wrestling with the (a)   of the Industrial Revolution.

• enigma
• wrestling
• requirement
• love

While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan, the Netherlands and France also met some of these ​ (a)   but were not industrialising.

• criteria
• criterion
• revolution
• factors

In 1712, Englishman Thomas Newcomen created the first __________that mostly used to pump water out of mines.

• microwave

• steam engine

• popcorn machine

...... = persuasive, convincing…

• Speedy

• Compelling

• Captivating

Between about 1650 and 1740, the population in Britain was static. But then there was a ​ (a)   in population growth.

• burst
• height
• reduction
• half

Match the following

• a component part or element of something

• ingredient

• a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively

• favourable

• put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others

• property

• to provide power to something

• fuel

• expressing approval

• propose