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Industrial Revolution
Vocabulary Terms
Inventors
Inventions
Bonus Q's
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1. The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
C) What is Great Britain.
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6. What do you call a person that organizes, manages, and takes on the financial risk of a business enterprise
C) What is an Entrepreneur
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11. Who invented the cotton gin?
A) Who is Eli Whitney
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16. The invention of the "Rocket" was the first steam....
B) What is a Locomotive
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Q1) The first industry to benefit from industrialization was
C) What is The Textiles Industry.
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2. What are the three main factors of production needed for industrialization?
A) What are Land, Labor, and Capital.
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7. What do you call a building where goods are made?
A) What is a Factory
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12. In 1787, who invented the power loom to speed up the process of cloth-making?
C) Who is Edmund Cartwright.
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17. Which best describes the main benefit of the railroad 'boom'?
D) What is All the Above
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Q2) The expansion of industry into Europe was delayed by...
D) What is The Napoleonic Wars
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3. What was the main problem the working class dealt with?
B) What are Harsh Working Conditions
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8. The process of moving from rural areas to cities is called...
D) What is Urbanization
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13. Who invented the water frame in 1769?
B) Who is Richard Awkwright
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18. What invention developed in 1705 brought in a new source of power for several other inventions?
B) What is The Steam Engine
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Q3) The people who benefited least from industrial expansion were...
C) Who are Workers
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4. To help reform the factory system by regulating working conditions and wages, workers created...
B) What are Labor Unions.
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9. Money used to invest in business is called
B) What is Capital
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14. In 1779, who invented the spinning mule that made better thread?
D) Who is Samuel Compton
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19. Which invention most significantly improved the lives of workers?
B) What are Railroads.
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Q4) How long did the average person have to work each day?
C) What is 14 hours a day.
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5. Which of the following countries was not industrialized?
C) What is Spain.
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10. Which term means 'the belief that an idea is only as good as its useful'?
A) What is Utilitarianism.
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15. Who invented the first ever steam-driven boat?
A) Who is Robert Fulton
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20. As factories were being built to store new inventions, why were they built near rivers?
A) What is Because The Machines Needed Water-Power to Run Them
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Q5) Laissez-faire thinkers supported
A) What is Free Trade