Unit 6

Question 1

Europe transformed from an ____ economy to an _____ economy during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Answer 1

agricultural
industrial

Question 2

Industrial Revolution began in ____

Answer 2

Great Britain

Question 3

What was the main industry of industrialization?

Answer 3

Textile

Question 4

At first products were made from ______, but now people are demanding ______ products.

Answer 4

wool
cotton

Question 5

Cotton could be provided by the colonies in ______ and _______.

Answer 5

India
Southern America

Question 6

Ireland relied on the ______

Answer 6

Potato

Question 7

HRE became known as the _____

Answer 7

German Confederation

Question 8

Zollverein Agreement

Answer 8

Allowed free trade for the members of the agreement and promoted German unity

Question 9

The most common job for working-class women was a ________

Answer 9

Domestic servant

Question 10

What are four reasons the Industrial Revolution began in this location?

Answer 10

Britain has natural resources (iron and coal) and infrastructure (roads and canals)
Britain has a strong economy (encouraged capitalism)
Britain has a stable political structure (constitutional monarch)
Development of new forms of energy and new inventions

Question 11

What were four results of growth in urban areas during industrialization?

Answer 11

Poverty
Crime
Disease
Unsanitary living conditions

Question 12

Give two reason for an increase in the average life span

Answer 12

Better public health care
Increase in food production

Question 13

5 Reasons Industrialization was slow on the continent

Answer 13

Revolution/war
Lack of resources
More autocratic
Britain protected information about inventions
Less infrastructure

Question 14

2 issues the English had with the Irish

Answer 14

Irish were Catholic and the English were Protestant
Anti-Catholic laws prohibited the Irish from owning land and voting

Question 15

James Hargreaves

Answer 15

Developed the spinning jenny which increased the production of cloth.

Question 16

Edmund Cartwright

Answer 16

Invented a water powered loom to weave cloth

Question 17

Eli Whitney

Answer 17

Invented the cotton gin

Question 18

James Watt of Scotland

Answer 18

Patented the steam engine.

Question 19

Henry Bessemer

Answer 19

Developed a method for mass-producing steel

Question 20

George Stephenson

Answer 20

Invented the locomotive that was powered by steam

Question 21

Sir Robert Peel

Answer 21

Encouraged Parliament to repeal the Corn Laws which removed the tariffs

Question 22

The Russian Tsar Alexander II

Answer 22

Ended serfdom with the Emancipation Edict

Question 23

Samuel Morse

Answer 23

Introduce the telegraph

Question 24

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 24

Patented first telephone

Question 25

Wright Brothers

Answer 25

Added an internal combustion engine to gliders developing the first airplanes.

Question 26

Thomas Edison

Answer 26

Invented the gramophone early record player

Question 27

Friedrich List

Answer 27

German economist, established the National System that argued for government involvement in economic growth, including tariffs and investments in education and infrastructure

Question 28

Marconi

Answer 28

Introduced the radio

Question 29

Krupp family

Answer 29

Specialized in making weapons. The government subsidize their business.

Question 30

City in England that became one of the world’s most industrialized cities

Answer 30

Manchester

Question 31

Conservatism

Answer 31

A movement of people who opposed societal change and wanted to keep power in the hands of the aristocracy, church, and military

Question 32

Proletariat

Answer 32

Another name for working class

Question 33

Bourgeoisie

Answer 33

Another name for the middle class