Pre Industrial Revolution
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Britain
What natural resource, essential for the Industrial Revolution, did Britain have a lot of?
Coal
Who invented the telephone?
Graham Bell
Give one example of harsh working conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
What has five fingers but is not a hand?
A glove.
What was the main source of fuel before the Industrial Revolution?
Wood
What fabric material did Britain switch to during the Industrial Revolution?
Cotton
What was the initial job of the steam engine before transport?
Pump water out of coal mines
What is a workhouse?
A place where poor people lived and worked.
Grown faster, bigger breasts
In what part of Britain did 75% of its population live before the Industrial Revolution?
Small villages or rural areas
What are the 2 geographical features of Britain that made it an ideal place for the Industrial Revolution to begin?
Rivers and jagged coastline for protected harbors
What was the form of communication using dots and dashes called?
Morse Code
What was the position of the government concerning ill treatment of children at the time?
They made it legal to beat children.
Feed me and I will grow but when I drink water I will die.
Fire
What are the two things that caused population growth during this time period?
More food (potatoes) and decline in disease
How did consumerism cause the Industrial Revolution?
What invention did Richard Trevithick improve to create his steam locomotive?
Steam engine
Who were the 3 groups of people considered "unskilled laborers" that factory owners wanted to hire?
Poor, women, children
The bigger I become the less you see?
Darkness
How did production change pre-Industrial Revolution to post-Industrial Revolution?
Hand production to machine production
How did the Age of Exploration lead Britain to the Industrial Revolution?
Cotton, colonies
Why was the water frame so significant in the Industrial Revolution?
Powered machines for faster production
Why were there more women employed in factories than men?
Women were cheaper
What has a head, a tail, is brown and has no legs?
A coin.