Ag Rev
The agricultural revolution _______ food production. (increase or decreased?)
The agricultural revolution INCREASED food production.
The factory created a new labor system in which workers had to work long hours for _____ wages.
Low or high?
Low wages
In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain
When we're talking about economics, what is labor?
"people with all their efforts and abilities to produce products" (workers)
____ ____ helped make farming more efficient by inventing the Seed Drill (his name is also the name of a 1970s rock band)
Jethro Tull
Why did coal production increase during the Industrial Revolution?
Coal was needed to produce iron and run stream engines in factories and locomotives (trains)
What was the first type of product to be produced in factories? (hint- it's all around you!)
Textiles (cloth)
When we're talking about economics, what is land?
The "gifts of nature"- natural resources
What was the domestic system?
Finished products/goods were produced in homes not in factories.
What is the word for the growth of cities?
____ization
Urbanization
What Revolution had to happen before the Industrial Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
When we're talking about economics, what is capital?
The tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services
Populations of British cities expanded (went up) drastically during the Industrial Revolution. Name two negative effects and one positive effect.
Negatives:
-Overcrowded housing, bad living conditions
-Poor sanitation (not enough toilets or clean water)
-Pollution
Positives:
+Growth of the middle class (people who aren't crazy rich but have jobs like doctors, lawyers, skilled laborers)
+Cheaper consumer goods
What farming method increased crop production? (meant farmers could farm on all fields instead of just 2/3 of fields)
4 Crop Rotation System
(they could farm on all 4 fields instead of just 2/3 fields)
Upper Class
Middle Class
Working Class
^Which of these two social classes expanded during the Industrial Revolution?
Middle Class and Working Class
Who was the Scottish engineer who invented the Steam Engine? ("Father of the Industrial Revolution")
James Watt
Who supplied the capital (tools, equipment, factories, etc.) to industrialize Britain?
a. the British government
b. investors who risked their money
c. laborers with their hard work
d. inventors with new ideas
Investors
800 Points:
Name one positive and one negative of the Industrial Method/ Factory System of creating goods?
Positives:
+Factories could make goods faster.
+Factory created goods were cheaper to buy.
Negatives:
-Factories were dangerous for workers.
-Workers did not get paid well.
During the Agricultural Revolution, food production increased so populations increased. Farming became more efficient, so less workers were needed on farms. There were not enough ____ to go around so people had to move to _____.
Not enough jobs so people had to move to cities.
Name two problems with rapid urbanization.
Pollution, bad housing, poor sanitation (dirty, not enough toilets)
How did life change for workers when Britain changed from the Domestic system to the Industrial Factory System?
Think about their working conditions.
In the domestic system, workers lived in villages and worked from their own homes. They spent lots of time with their families. There was plenty of work to go around and they were paid fairly. They would be busy during some parts of the year and have more free time in others.
In the factory system, workers lived in cities and had to work in bad conditions in crowded factories for long hours doing repetitive work. Workers were paid very little. They had to work with dangerous machines that often hurt or killed workers. They did not have much free time or time to spend with their families.
1000 Points
Name TWO effects of the agricultural revolution:
-Increase in food production (more food)
-Increase in population (more people)
-Fewer farming jobs (new tech meant less people needed to farm)
-Urbanization (cities grew because people moved to cities to get work in factories)