The Industrial Revolution Flashcards

1
Q

The _______ ________ refers to the 18th and 19th century when regions of the world underwent a rapid increase of industry and a huge increase of machine-made goods

A

Industrial Revolution

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2
Q

The Industrial Revolution started in _______

A

England

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3
Q

Rather than making goods by _____, new _______ mass-produced products

A

hand, machines`

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4
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The early industry was called the ______ ______

A

cottage industry

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5
Q

By 1900, __________ spread through Europe and US

A

industrialization

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6
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Most Europeans worked and lived on small _______ _______

A

farming villages

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7
Q

Farmers relied on the _____-______ system

A

three field

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8
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Few farmers ________ with new farm techniques

A

experimented

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9
Q

The little amount of food kept the _________ of Europe from growing rapidly

A

population

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10
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In the mid-1700s, new farm techniques led to an __________ __________ in Europe

A

Agricultural Revolution

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11
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_______ were used to protect large farms (called the _______ movement

A

fences, enclosure

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12
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What was a scientific farming methods

A

crop rotation

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13
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What were the new crops

A

corn, potatoes

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14
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What were the new tools

A

iron plow, seed drill

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15
Q

When more food was made and Europe’s population ________

A

increased

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16
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What are the factors of production

A

land, labor, capital

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17
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England had large deposits of natural resources, _____ and _____

A

coal, iron

18
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England has lots of natural _____ and ______

A

rivers, harbors

19
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England’s _______ provided cheap raw materials and markets to sell industrial goods

A

colonies

20
Q

From 1750 to 1850, England was the most _________ nation in the world

A

industrialized

21
Q

New inventions sped up ________, ________, and _______

A

spinning, weaving, sewing

22
Q

What came out in the 1760s

A

spinning jenny

23
Q

What came out in 1768

A

water frame

24
Q

What came out in 1787

A

power loam

25
Q

What did Eli Whitney invent

A

cotton gin

26
Q

European demand for cotton led to a boom in ______ production and _______ in the southern US

A

cotton, slavery

27
Q

The new textile machinery led to the _____ ______

A

factory system

28
Q

Factory owners made huge _______ selling mass-produced clothes

A

profits

29
Q

Power-driven machines were able to _____-_______ goods very fast and cheap

A

mass produce

30
Q

Factories needed ______ and were usually near rivers (steam engine)

A

power

31
Q

James Watt invented the first _____ _____

A

steam engine

32
Q

Steam engines produced more _____ and allowed factories to be built in cities near workers

A

power

33
Q

Factories led to a demand for faster __________

A

transportation

34
Q

_______ and ________ were built in England

A

roads, canals

35
Q

Robert Fulton’s ___________ increased the speed of water travel

A

steamboat

36
Q

The greatest improvement to transportation was the steam-powered ________

A

railroad

37
Q

Railroads were fast, increased profits, and stimulated the ____ and ____ industries

A

iron, coal

38
Q

The Industrial Revolution led to an increase in demand for coal to ______ ________ and _________

A

power factories, railroads

39
Q

Other inventions of the Industrial Revolution include…

A

electricity, telegraph, telephone, typewriters, cash registers, vaccines

40
Q

Industrial ideas turned the US into an important _____ _____

A

world power

41
Q

Southern cotton led to _____ _____ in the North

A

textile mills

42
Q

Industrializtaion gave Europe tremendous ________ and _______ power

A

economic, military