chapter 7 section 1 and 2 Flashcards

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1
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cause: dutch built dikes

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effect: reclaim land from sea

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2
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cause: dutch combine small fields and use fertilizer from livestock

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effect: renew the soil

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3
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cause: english mix soils and experiment with crop rotation

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effect: higher crop yields/ restore soil

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4
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cause: speed drills, plants in rows

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fewer seeds are wasted

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5
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cause: enclosure

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effect: farm output and profits rise; fewer workers needed; farm laborers lose jobs and small farmers are forced off their land

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6
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cause: new sources of energy harnessed

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effect: agricultural revolution

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7
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cause: improved medicine, higher birth rate, lower death rate

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effect: population explosion

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8
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charles townshend

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crop rotation

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9
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jethro tull

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seed maker

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10
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enclosure

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the process of taking over and consolidating land formally shared by peasant farmers

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11
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james watt

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scottish engineer who created the steam engine

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12
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anesthetic

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drug that prevents pain during surgery

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13
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smelt

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to bind things together

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14
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why did the industrial revolution begin in England?

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they had natural resources, good water sources, and a lot of raw materials

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15
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what were the first industries?

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textiles and iron

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16
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what were factories powered by before the steam engine

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water and wind

17
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list two textile machines

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spinning jenny and power looms

18
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how was factory work different from farming?

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farmers have a better relationship with workers and factories are way more dangerous

19
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who wrote many books portraying poverty and social injustices of this time period?

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Charles Dickons and carl marks

20
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why did power shift from water and wind to coal

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they were unreliable sources

21
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what invention made it possible to move factories away from water?

22
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what two natural resources did nations need and abundance of to industrialize?

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iron and coal

23
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describe early industrial cities

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very polluted, unsanitary, and over crowded

24
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change will slowly come: give one example?

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child labor, quality housing, education, right to form labor unions

25
list one transportation improvement that helped to move goods more easily?
new bridges were constructed, roads, and canoes
26
what was invented in 1825?
steam locomotive
27
In the 20th century during the second industrial revolution what replaced steam power
gasoline in cars. electricity in houses
28
true or false: Britain had a stable government that encouraged economic growth?
true
29
how did population explosion contribute to the demand for consumer goods in Britain?
created a bigger, available workforce, which created a larger demand for goods
30
how did general economic prosperity contribute to the demand for consumer goods in Britain?
they had to increase production. new businesses were started up
31
the industrial revolution began in what British industry?
textile
32
list three textile inventions/ inventors that revolutionized and sped up the British textile industry
1. ) spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves 2. ) flying shuttle by john Kay 3. ) cotton mills
33
identify Eli Whitney
an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. it was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution
34
Where were early factories located and why?
in slater mill so they could be near water
35
what is a factory? explain the effect of factories?
it made it easier to make bigger amounts of products during the demand for goods
36
list other transportations improvements:
new bridges and steam boats
37
what did Robert Fulton invent?
steam boat