Industrialization -

What is industrialization?

• The process of making new inventions
• The shift from an agricultural economy to one based on manufacturing
• The process of moving from cities to rural areas
• The creation of new business ideas

What does an entrepreneur do?

• Invents new machines
• Runs their own business and takes financial risks
• Focuses on manufacturing in factories
• Collects natural resources

To invent means to:

• Create a brand-new product or idea that didn’t exist before
• Improve an existing idea
• Manufacture goods in factories
• Manage natural resources

What is innovation?

• The use of renewable resources
• The process of creating something completely new
• Improving an existing product or process
• Moving people from rural to urban areas

What does "urban" refer to?

• Areas with low population density and farming communities
• Areas with advanced transportation networks and high population density
• Natural resources that are renewable
• The process of making textiles

What does manufacturing involve?

• Developing new business ideas
• Producing goods in factories using machinery and labor
• Growing crops and raising livestock
• Moving people to rural areas

What are textiles made from?

• Manufactured goods and natural resources
• Fibers woven or knitted together to form fabric
• Innovations and inventions
• Urban areas

Which of the following is an example of an invention?

• Creating a smartphone by combining different functions
• Improving an existing transportation network
• The light bulb created by Thomas Edison
• Using coal as a natural resource

Britain's large supply of natural resources helped contribute to the start of the industrial revolution.

• True
• False

Prior to the industrial revolution, most of England was made up small communities and farmers.

• True
• False