BIG IDEAS (INDUSTRIAL THINKING)
This period changed how people worked and produced goods by using machines and factories.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Two key natural resources Britain had close together that powered early factories.
What are coal and iron?
This economic system allows individuals to own businesses and compete for profit.
What is capitalism?
This condition allows laws, contracts, and property to be protected.
What is government stability?
Industrial nations needed more of these to keep factories running.
What are raw materials?
This group of ideas encouraged reason, science, and progress, helping people accept change.
What are Enlightenment ideas?
This type of transportation allowed Britain to move heavy goods cheaply.
What are rivers and ports (water transportation)?
This idea argues that government should interfere as little as possible in business.
What is laissez-faire?
Why do investors need stability before taking risks?
What is because they need safety and predictability?
Industrial production increased competition between nations for resources and markets, leading to this.
What is imperialism?
True or False: The Industrial Revolution began only because of new machines.
What is false? (Must explain)
Britain’s island location helped protect trade routes and provided this advantage.
What is security or safety?
Capitalism encouraged these three things mentioned in class.
What are investment, risk-taking, and innovation?
Compared to France, Britain avoided frequent upheaval, which helped industry grow. This is an example of what?
What is long-term stability?
Why did industrialized nations look overseas for resources?
What is because they needed cheap raw materials?
This belief made people think change could improve society instead of threatening it.
What is progress?
Why would factories want to be located near raw materials?
What is to lower costs and increase efficiency?
True or False: Strong government control over business was essential to Britain’s industrial growth.
What is false?
Complete the chain: Stability → Investment → __________
What is industrial growth or innovation?
True or False: Imperialism had no connection to industrial growth.
What is false? (Explain)
According to the slides, the Industrial Revolution began with new ways of __________ before machines.
What is thinking?
This geographic advantage meant Britain did not need to import most industrial resources.
What is having nearby coal and iron?
This term describes how a society produces, distributes, and uses goods and money.
What is an economic system?
Factories need peace, and investors need __________.
What is safety or stability?
Finish the chain: Industrial power → global competition → __________
What is imperial expansion or imperialism?