Geography-ish
What country was the first to industrialize?
Great Britain
Definition: City building and the movement of people to cities.
Urbanization
What invention dramatically increased coal production in 18th-century Great Britain?
The steam engine
This natural resource, in ample supply in England powered steam engines.
What is coal?
List two negative effects of industrialization.
Pollution, crime, disease, over crowding, tenements, poor living/working conditions, poor sanitation
This industry was the first to use factories.
What is the textile industry?
Before industrialization, what were the main sources of power used by farmers and herders to produce food?
The physical labor of humans and animals
List two positive effects of industrialization.
New technology, better farming techniques, increase in affordable goods, advancement in medicine/science, faster transportation
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
Who was Eli Whitney?
What was one environmental consequence of the Industrial Revolution?
Widespread deforestation and pollution.
This event changed the way people farmed through efficiency and advancement in farming technology.
Agricultural Revolution
What is one of the most significant changes in transportation that occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
The development of railroads and steam-powered ships.
Definition: Process of developing machine production or goods.
What is Industrialization?
Definition: Social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
What is Middle Class?
Economic system in which the factors of production (land, labor, capital) are privately owned.
Capitalism