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Factory Life
City Life
Inventions
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Natural Resources
100
Most often it was this group of people working long hours and in dangerous conditions
Children
100
The biggest city in Industrialised Britain
What is London?
100
Alexander Graham Bell invented this
The telephone
100
First mass produced car from The Ford Motor Company
The Model T
100
This fossil fuel was abundant throughout Britain and used to power factors.
Coal
200
Workers in factories no longer produced goods by hand, they used...
Machines
200
People moved to the city from the country for this reason
Factory employment
200
This invention spun wool into cotton more rapidly.
The Spinning Jenny
200
This city was the centre of the Industrial Revolution
London
200
Through smelting, this natural resource could be used make machines and metal products and eventually they learned how to use it to make steel.
Iron Ore
300
Because of low wages, long hours and unsafe working conditions many workers tried to join...
Labour Unions
300
What spread quickly because of unhygienic living conditions?
Disease
300
This machine sped up the distribution of seeds for crops.
Seed Drill
300
The introduction of this vegetable crop has been attributed to large population increases during the 1800s
The potato
300
The natural force of these could be used to create power.
Rivers
400
The average work day was this many hours
16
400
From coal burning and exhaust there was a lot of...
Air Pollution
400
James Watt improved what new invention?
The Steam Engine
400
What was average work day for a child working during the Industrial Revolution?
14 hours
400
A fuel with few impurities and a high carbon content, usually made from coal.
Coke
500
This term refers to money used by industrialists to invest and make more money
What is Capital
500
This disease was widespread through industrial England. It was caused by drinking unclean water.
Cholera
500
He was credited with perfecting assembly line manufacturing.
Henry Ford
500
What river passes through the centre of London?
The Thames
500
This term refers to using resources wisely to ensure they are not depleted and still exist for use in the future
Sustainability