The industrialisation of Britain

Question 1

Spinning Jenny

Answer 1

James Hargreaves

Eight times quicker than spinning wheel.
Yarn (thread) could be mass-produced

Question 2

Water frame

Answer 2

Richard Arkwright

Could spin hundreds of threads at once
Produced cotton cloth
Speeded up move to factory system as it was large

Question 3

Spinning mule

Answer 3

Samuel Crompton

Popular in cotton mills
Improved spinning (mass-produced thread)

Question 4

Power loom

Answer 4

Edward Cortwright

Sped up production of cloth

Question 5

Domestic system/cottage industry

Answer 5

Where people made cloth by hand in their own homes in the countryside

Question 6

Mass production

Answer 6

Producing huge amounts of products (cloth) at a cheap price.

Question 7

Factory

Answer 7

Building used to house large machines used in the production of products.

Question 8

Smelting

Answer 8

The removal of iron from rock

Question 9

Coke

Answer 9

Coke is what coal turns to when coal is burnt to remove harmful gases.

Question 10

Seams

Answer 10

Layers of coal

Question 11

Collier

Answer 11

A coalminer

Question 12

Flying shuttle

Answer 12

John Kay

Twice as fast as previous loom
Needed three people working on loom to keep it supplied