Industrial Revolution chp 3 Textiles

What is textiles?

• A type of cloth or woven fabric

• A type of animal

• A type of dance

• A type of food

What was the purpose of the flying shuttle?

• To clean raw fiber

• To automate the weaving process

• To produce stronger thread

• To spin multiple threads faster

What did the spinning jenny do?

• Automated the weaving process

• Cleaned and untangled raw fiber

• Spun multiple threads faster

• Produced stronger thread

Why were factories built in the mid-1700s?

• To serve as schools

• To store food

• To house animals

• To hold multiple large machines

What was a major resource for factories?

• Silk

• Diamonds

• Coal

• Gold