Industrialization

What was a major change that industrialization brought to British people's lives?

• • People started working fewer hours per week

• • People could eat better food and wear better clothing

• • People moved from the city to the countryside

• • People had less access to coal for heating

What is urbanization?

• • The development of new transportation methods

• • The increase in farming activities in rural areas

• • The process of building cities and the movement of people to cities

• • The improvement of working conditions in factories

Which of the following describes living conditions in the cities during industrialization?

• • Clean streets and safe housing

• • Better health and longer life expectancy than in the countryside

• • Crowded slums with poor housing and high rates of sickness

• • Access to modern schools and good police protection

Which group benefited from the new wealth created by the Industrial Revolution?

• • Only the nobles

• • The middle class, including skilled workers and business people

• • Unskilled workers in rural areas

• • Only the wealthiest farmers

What were some positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?

• • Reduced wealth for the middle class and increased power for nobles

• • Better diets, better housing for some people, and more affordable clothing

• • Lower quality of housing and fewer opportunities for workers

• • Decreased availability of jobs and higher prices for goods

Where were the main cities located in the 18th Century?

• Near natural resources.

• Near the sea.

• Near London.

• In the North of England

What were the working conditions like in the mills?

• They worked around 12 hours a day.

• They had frequent breaks.

• People would often get injured.

• Children as young as six would work in the mill.

How did living conditions for the working class in industrial cities typically differ from those of the wealthy factory owners during the Industrial Revolution?

• Working-class families often lived in overcrowded, poorly ventilated tenements, while wealthy factory owners lived in large houses in cleaner suburban areas.

• Both working-class families and wealthy factory owners lived in similar houses near the factories to be closer to work.

• Working-class families lived in spacious homes provided by the factory owners, while the wealthy lived in small apartments within the city.

• There was no significant difference in living conditions between the working class and the wealthy during the Industrial Revolution.

In which order did industrialization spread

• Britain, USA, Belgium, France, Russia and then Japan

• Britain, USA, Japan, and the France

• USA, Japan and then Europe

• USA, Britain, France and then Japan

Which of the following was NOT a way that the steam engine changed industrialization?

• It made production faster
• Factories didn’t need to be by streams
• It caused an increase demand for coal
• It encouraged cottage industry