Industrial Revolution

Question 1

maybe the 2nd greatest change (only to farming during the neolithic period) industrialization creates many changes:

Answer 1

• social classes, working classes, economics, government, environmental, urbanization, population, science, technology, migrations, art, communication, transportation, war

Question 2

industrial revolution

Answer 2

• begins in England
• new “isms”
• can trace nearly everything beyond 1750 back to Industrial revolution
• rise of the British Empire
• had all the makings for it: raw materials (coal and iron), innovations, government, spirit, workforce, and this followed their agricultural revolution
• enclosure movement - made land private, and now marketable; with people migrating to the city (urbanization)
• money and capital was dedicated to new industrial ideas, technology, and markets
• new inventions: i.e. spinning jenny
• cottage system to factories: using water as power, then eventually the steam engine (which factories didn’t need to be around water sources)
• pollution, sanitation, and overcrowding becomes an issues
• industrialization would lead to mercantilism and the need to create unfair trade balances
• a work force FROM the Enclosure Acts
• industry begins with textiles (around 1750)

Question 3

powerful nations

Answer 3

• 500 BCE: Persepolis
• 400 BCE: Athens
• 1 CE: Rome or Han China
• 400 CE: Gupta India
• 500 CE: Byzantine Empire
• 850 CE: Tang China
• 1000 CE: Abbasid Dynasty
• 1250 CE: Mongols
• 1400 CE: Ming China
• 1500 CE: Spanish Empire
• 1600 CE: The Dutch
• 1800 CE: The British Empire

Question 4

cause and effect period

Answer 4

• industrialization led to other markets: raw goods to manufactured goods
• changed lifestyles: rural to urban
• transportation: natural power to steam power
• spread: of technology, ideas, and people

Question 5

note

Answer 5

• by the 1900s 90% of the largest cities were in Europe and the U.S.
• even with industrialization, the most populous cities are still in the east (China)

Question 6

how did the average citizen support England’s industrialization?

Answer 6

• a strong work force

Question 7

how did leadership support England’s industrialization?

Answer 7

• the government encouraged industrialization

Question 8

which areas grew in population during the industrial revolution?

Answer 8

• urban areas, cities

Question 9

which of these grew during the industrial revolution?

Answer 9

• economic inequality

Question 10

prior to the enclosure acts of the industrial revolution, how did the english manufacture goods?

Answer 10

• cottage system