People
Inventions
Life of the Industrial Revolution
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Continued
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What was John Wilkinson known for?

What is...Building with iron

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Rene Laennec invented this device used by doctors.

What is...the stethescope

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How did children spend most of their time before the Industrial Revolution?

What is...doing chores

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Relating to health and cleanliness

What is...sanitary

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Having to do with the family or household

What is...domestic

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Which person made the steam engine more practical?

Who is...James Watt

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Who invented how to kill pain during surgery?

Who is...Horace Wells

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How did the Industrial Revolution improve the way goods were made?

What is...Before the Industrial Revolution, goods were made by families in their home. After the Industrial Revolution, factories made more and better quality goods to meet people's needs.
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Unprocessed natural materials that can be used in manufacturing

What are...raw materials

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What is the science of preserving health and cleanliness?

What is...hygiene

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Identify two facts about Samuel Slater.

What is...He established a factory in Rhode Island. He is credited with starting the Industrial Revolution.

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Who invented a way to prevent diseases?

Who is...Edward Jenner

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What are some positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution?

What is...A positive effect is the creation of new jobs and better products. A negative effects is people who worked in factories faced long hours, low pay, and the threat of accidents.

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A type of cloth or woven fabric

What is...textile

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What is an organization that protects the rights of its members?

What is...a union

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Who discovered how diseases spread?

Who is...John Snow

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Why was coal as fuel invented?

What is...trees were scarce

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*How did the Industrial Revolution change where people mostly lived?

What is...people moved from farms and villages to big cities

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A machine that harvests crops

What is...a reaper

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Uniform components that can be easily installed or replaced.

What are...interchangeable parts

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Who discovered food preservation?

Who is...Nicholas Appert
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This invention separates cotton from its seeds.

What is...the cotton gin

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*How did photography improve life during the Industrial Revolution?

What is...pictures showed the side effects of the Industrial Revolution for example child labor.

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To melt ore in order to produce pure metal

What is...smelt

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An artificial waterway used for transportation or irrigation

What is...a canal