The Industrial Revolution began in _______ in the 18th century.
What is England?
100
The steam engine was invented in 1765 by______.
Who is James Watt?
100
A new era of creativity and learning in Western Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
100
Who was Homer Simpson trying to be like in the episode viewed in class? What did that person invent?
Thomas Edison, the light bulb.
200
Invented in 1787 by John Fitch.
What is the Steam Boat?
200
___________ is defined as "the process of developing machine production of goods."
What is industrialization?
200
The steam engine on wheels, the first locomotive, was invented by _____ in 1804.
Who is Richard Trevithick?
200
When did the Renaissance take place?
During the 14th to 16th Centuries.
200
Contrast the artwork of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Middle Ages art focused primarily on religious subjects, didn't look as real, flat imaging. Renaissance art had a variety of subjects, looked real, began using 3-D.
300
He invented the cotton gin in 1793.
Who is Eli Whitney?
300
List 4 reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in England.
Natural Resources
Expanding Economy
Political Stability
Had all factors of production
300
Define capitalism.
A system in which factories and businesses are privately owned.
300
This was a famous artist, engineer, scientist, and inventor of the Renaissance.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
300
Explain the difference between a telescope and a microscope.
Telescope is used to look at the stars and planets whereas a microscope is used to study things too small for the eye to see.
400
This invention was a n improvement on the spinning wheel, which allowed a person to create numerous balls of thread at a time.
What is the spinning jenny?
400
This was the most prominent fossil fuel used to power factories.
What is coal?
400
How were cities affected by industrialization?
They became dirtier, more crowded, polluted, and full of disease.
400
What was the reformation?
A 16th century movement to change church practices.
400
Explain what working conditions were like in factories.
Dirty, long hours, unsafe, many children worked...
500
Contrary to popular belief, this was not invented by Henry Ford.
What is the assembly line?
500
Why did people move from the country to the cities?
To look for jobs in factories.
500
List 4 impacts of the railroad.
Gave manufacturers a cheap way to transport materials
Created hundreds of thousands of new jobs for miners too
Boosted agricultural and fishing industries
Made travel easier
500
Who led the Reformation movement and what were his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
Wealth, corruption, selling indulgences
500
Explain the positives and negatives of the Industrial Revolution.
Positives: period of cities growing, modernizing, mechanization
Negatives: horrible working conditions, many people died as a result, child labor, environmental problems.