Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
9 - World History
Industrial Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What replaced human labor? | machines |
| Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? | Great Britain |
| Wealthy land owners bought smaller farms and fenced them off, this allowed them to produce ______________ | more crops |
| crop rotation helps to restore the | soil |
| more food = less farmers; which means people ove to the | cities |
| what are the four natural resources Great Britain has large quantities of? Coal, Iron, Water, and ______________. | harbors |
| Populations went up or down during the Industrial Revolution? | up |
| Money was needed to: buy machines, buy factories, pay workers, and buy ______________. | raw materials |
| Person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of starting a business | entrepreneur |
| A weaver from Lancashire who invented the 'spinning jenny' | James Hargreaves |
| This man invented the power loom, which was a mechanized device for weaving cloth | Edmund Cartwright |
| This man invented the cotton gin which enabled the rapid separation of seeds from cotton fibers | Eli Whitney |
| He was a Scottish inventor who created the Steam Machine. | James Watt |
| A converter named after him that was an advancement of steel making. | Henry Bessemer |
| Money or assets that can be used for investment | capital |
| who ended the Atlantic slave trade | William Wilburforce |
| how many slaves were traded? | 12.5 million |
| slaves were used to increase agricultural | output |
| What year did the Slave Trade Act pass? | 1807 |
| Goods able to produced faster and cheaper and prices going down are examples of | Increased Productivity or Pros for Industrial Revolution - social benefits |
| When more food was available, more medical technology, and better sanitation with less diseases people had ________ | Increased Life expectancy - social benefit |
| Factories producing waste, pollution in the water and air, and no regulations or rules were examples of | socials costs of the Industrial Revolution - social cost |
| Robber Barons and workers not being paid fairly are examples of | income inequality- social cost |
| Children being expected to work beginning at age 5 is an example of | child labor- social cost |
| 12-16 hour shifts, poor ventilation, accidents are what type of working environment | harsh or unsafe- social cost |
| Groups of workers that formed to improve working conditions and better wages | Labor Unions |
| workers negotiating as a group and using strikes | collective bargaining |
| Series of laws that created political structure in Britain, gave middle class the right to vote | Reform Act |
| In what year could all males vote? | 1850 |
| Series of laws that set limits on child labor, factory inspectors, pay requirements for children | The Factory Acts |
| Process of Production, Distribution, Exchange, and Consumption | Economic System |
| Society in which the means of production are owned by private citizens and companies. | Capitalism |
| Society where the means of production are owned and controlled by the government | Socialism |
| Society without social classes where private property does not exist. | Communism |
| Which early movement contributed to the Industrial Revolution by decreasing the number of farmers and increasing the urban workforce? | Agricultural Revolution |
| How did population growth contribute to the Industrial Revolution in the factories of urban centers? | providing a large, readily available workforce for new industries |
| Abundant natural resources, advanced technology, a food surplus, and a stable economic and political conditions were all factors needed to cause what change in Great Britain in the 1700s? | Industrial Revolution |
| As a result of mechanization in agriculture, Great Britain had increased amounts of what to use in factories? | labor |
| How did trade contribute to the early growth of an industrial economy in Great Britain in the mid-1700s? | Providing capital for investments |
| The name of the trade route that brought Africans from Africa to the Americas to be sold into slavery? | Middle Passage |
| Which agricultural event made the Industrial Revolution possible? | Increasing food production |
| What law was the first to outlaw the African Slave Trade in the British colonies? | Slave Trade Act of 1807 |
| What was the primary reason for the creation of the African Slave Trade in the Americas? | Cheap labor |
| "Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution." Who was the most likely author of the above quotation? | Karl Marx |
| Laws called “Factory Acts” were passed in the 1800’s to reform working conditions for what two main groups? | Children and women |
| According to Socialism, what was the solution to the problems of poverty, inequality, and injustice? | Collective ownership |
| The idealogy of government intervention is not necessary, instead the market will regulate itself through supply and demand? | laissez-faire economics |
Created by:
SummitHS
Popular World History sets