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WS unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What country built the first factories in the Industrial Revolution? | England |
| Who invented the Steam Engine? | James Watt |
| A group of skilled English textile workers in the early 19th century who resisted the introduction of new, automated machinery. | Luddites |
| The process of making a town and rural farmland into a city. | Urbanization |
| An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. | Labor Union |
| Who was the Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher who founded a utopian socialism and the co-operative movement? | Robert Owen |
| A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. | Romanticism |
| Who was the English novelist who delivered a realistic picture of life during the Industrial Revolution with works like Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and David Copperfield? | Charles Dickens |
| Who wrote On the Origin of Species? | Charles Darwin |
| What is the term for the art movement from the mid-to-late 19th century that focused on capturing the fleeting effects of light and color in a scene, rather than precise detail? | Impressionism |