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Manor Life
Industrial Revolution
Inventors & Machines
Miscellaneous
The Nordic Countries
100
This resulted in increased crop yields (production)
Why was the purpose of the three-field system?
100
Division of Labor
What is workers doing different tasks and cooperating to make a finished product?
100
James Hargreaves
Who improves the spinning wheel and calls it the Spinning Jenny after his daughter?
100
by farming and fishing.
How did Vikings survive when not out raiding other countries?
100
Hydroelectric power
What is a source of energy used in the Nordic countries because they had little or no coal but lots of rushing rivers?
200
They received a portion of food from farming and protection from outsiders.
What did Peasants receive in return for farming the lord's fields?
200
The cotton gin and the spinning jenny
What are two inventions stat helped bring about the Industrial Revolution?
200
James Watt
Who improves the Steam Engine?
200
A newsie, a miner, a factory worker or farmer/fisherman.
What jobs did young children have during the Industrial Revolution?
200
Geothermal power.
What is a way of heating up water by using molten rock (lava) in Iceland?
300
Cottage Industry
What is "making products at home"
300
This allowed factories to be located anywhere in the country.
How did the steam engine change where factories could be located in the UK?
300
Eli Whitney
Who patents the cotton gin?
300
Urbanization
What is the spread of cities, with crowds and pollution?
300
Bananas and strawberries.
What fruit is grown in greenhouses in Iceland?
400
Where merchants, peasants and lords came together to eat, celebrate and trade goods from far away places.
What happened at festivals during the Middle Ages?
400
It made Travel and transporting goods faster and cheaper
How did the steam engine change transportation in the UK?
400
The steam engine's dark clouds of smoke caused pollution.
What is a drawback to the improved steam engine?
400
Coal.
What was the main source of power during the Industrial Revolution, which was mined in deep caves?
400
The Blue Lagoon
What is the geothermal pool in Iceland that is a huge visitor attraction?
500
Because wool brought in more money than crops.
Why did field usage changed from farming to sheep grazing?
500
Geothermal and hydroelectric energy.
Why type of energy sources do the Nordic countries use?
500
A combination of specialized workers and machines
What is the factory system?
500
Water power.
What is the type of power used by the first factories?
500
8 out of 10 (80%)
What is the percentage of Nordic people who live in cities?