Industrial Revolution

Question 1

How did the Industrial Revolution change people’s lifestyles?

Answer 1

It significantly changed the way people lived and worked

Question 2

When did the Industrial Revolution take place?

Answer 2

1750-1900

Question 3

If you compared a picture from pre- Industrial levels to post Industrial levels what would have changed?

Answer 3

No factories compared to several factories
Much less greenery in the second picture, has been filled with factories, roads and more houses
The transport is different, faster and better
The second picture is very polluted
Most of the houses have been improved, fixed or replaced

Question 4

Give an example of a domestic system

Answer 4

1. A clothier (Wool tradesman) buys the wool from a farmer
2. The clothier takes it to someone who can spin it into cloth, the clothier now gives the spinner a deadline for the cloth to be ready by
3. The spinner can work whatever hours they like as long as it is ready by the deadline.
4. The Clothier collects the cloth and pays the spinners, next he gives the cloth to someone who dyes it pays them.
5. He sells the item for higher than he payed all the workers so he gains a profit!

Question 5

What are the three engineering achievements of Isamabard Brunel

Answer 5

1.Clifton suspension Bridge
2.SS Great Britain
3.Great Western Railway

Question 6

Three things developed in the Industrial Revolution were:

Answer 6

Trains,cars and bikes.

Question 7

What are three problems with the living conditions within the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 7

Cholera,Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Question 8

What things changed in Britain after the Industrial Revolution

Answer 8

The transport got better and more efficient and the public transport was improved.