Industrial Revolution Review Quiz

A widespread educational system

A large collection of colonies

Abundant coal and iron ore deposits

The abundance of factories

Causing people to give up farming and search for jobs in cities

Forcing people to migrate to new countries

Making people move closer to sources of water

Spreading industrialization across the European continent

Decreased the amount of food each individual farmer could produce

Forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or move to the cities

Drove down the price of crops because there were more crops available for people to buy

Encouraged more people to become farmers because they could earn more money and do less work

Great Britain had a rising population and wealth from increasing world trade.

Great Britain had an abundance of natural resources, including coal, iron, rivers and harbors.

Great Britain had economic prosperity and progress.

Great Britain had experienced entrepreneurs and political stability

The work was repetitive and boring. It often resulted in people falling asleep on the job.

Though work was dangerous, factories set up sick and injured leave for those who needed it.

Workers spent long hours in the factories, often fourteen hours a day, six days a week.

Workers under the age of 15 were not hired to work in the factories because owners did not want the children to get hurt around the dangerous

Coal

Iron

Gasoline

Water

transportation

agriculture

textiles

communication

rich farmers sharing agricultural techniques with poor farmers.

widespread starvation

rich farmers “enclosing” their lands and poor farmers becoming landless

rich farmers refusing to plant on their lands, thereby causing a famine.

it provided a steady income for families.

children were happier in factories than on farms.

work was now removed from the home and family members were separated all day.

the move to the city made families happier and more stable.

made many share croppers rich.

lowered the demand for wool.

created a high demand for slaves.

lowered the demand for silk.

Enclosure Movement

Agriculture Revolution

Factors of Production

Imperialism

Factory System

The Domestic System

The Cottage Industry

Home System

It concentrated production in one place

It increased the prices of goods

It needed to be located near a source of power

It required a lot of capital

It led to the Domestic System

It required coal to operate

It was too big to be used in houses

It had to be located by a water source

It was too expensive

It required a lot of people to work the machine

there was not enough rivers to provide the power needed to run the machine

rivers and streams might be far removed from raw materials, workers, forms of transportation and markets

rivers are prone to flooding and drying

rivers were close to major cities and transportation