Industrial Revolution

What major event in 1804 is mentioned in the timeline?

• Congress of Vienna meets

• Opium War begins in China

• Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive runs on an industrial rail-line in Britain

• Mexico declares independence from Spain

The significant event completed in 1869 was (a)  

What was one of the main reasons Great Britain was the starting place of the Industrial Revolution?

• Lack of natural resources

• Plentiful natural resources

• Lack of markets

• Lack of workers

What did the enclosure movement in the 1700s lead to?

• Decrease in food supply

• Increase in urban population

• Decrease in labor supply

• Increase in rural population

Who were the entrepreneurs during the Industrial Revolution?

• Farmers looking for new crops

• Landowners fencing off lands

• People finding new business opportunities

• Workers moving to towns

What role did Britain's waterways play during the Industrial Revolution?

• They were used for fishing

• They provided water for agriculture

• They were a means for transporting raw materials and finished products

• They were used for recreational activities

What was the production method called where individuals spun thread and wove cloth in their rural cottages in the eighteenth century?

• Factory system

• Cottage industry

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

Who invented the spinning jenny in 1764?

• Richard Arkwright

• Samuel Crompton

• James Hargreaves

• Edmund Cartwright

What technological advancement made weaving faster in the eighteenth century?

• Power loom

• Spinning jenny

• Flying shuttle

• Water frame

What does the graph show about the population in England between 1750 and 1851?

• Decrease in rural population

• Increase in urban population as a percentage of total

• Stable population with no change

• Decrease in urban population as a percentage of total