Industrial Revolution Exam

Question 1

Factory

Answer 1

A large building containing/housing several machines

Question 2

Entrepreneur

Answer 2

A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a buisness

Question 3

John KAY

Answer 3

Invented the flying shuttle

Question 4

James HARGREAVES

Answer 4

Invented the spinning jenny

Question 5

Richard ARKWRIGHT

Answer 5

Invented the water-frame

Question 6

Samuel CROMPTOM

Answer 6

Invented the spinning mule

Question 7

Edmund CARTWRIGHT

Answer 7

Invented the power loom

Question 8

Eli WHITNEY

Answer 8

Invented the cotton gin

Question 9

James WAT

Answer 9

Invented steam engines

Question 10

Textile Industry

Answer 10

The rise of clothing industry in Britain

Question 11

What were the 6 machines made in the Textile Industry

Answer 11

1. Flying Shuttle
2. Spinning Jenny
3. Water-frame
4. Spinning Mule
5. Power Loom
6. Cotton Gin
   - Steam Engines

Question 12

What British Industry did the first inventions of the Industrial Revolution affect?

Answer 12

The Textile Industry

Question 13

Why were merchants in this industry looking for ways to speed up production?

Answer 13

Demand - more people were being born meaning more clothing needed to be produced

Question 14

How did each invention lead to another?

Answer 14

Each inventions led to another because they had to keep up with each other. Otherwise, one will be too far ahead and one will be too far behind. ( Would be imbalanced)