Week 10 MCQ Flashcards
Alexander the Great and his armies were responsible for introducing which fabric to Europe?
Cotton
What was one of the primary reasons the British banned imports of Indian textiles?
To safeguard the interests of the British industrial and manufacturing sectors.
Francis Cabot Lowell’s contribution to the textile industry was…
To introduce cotton mills to America
In the early period of the Silk Road silk was rare reserved for only the wealthy in Europe. Why was this the case?
The manufacture of Silk was a Chinese state secret which made it expensive.
In the Empire of Cotton article Beckhart notes that “The United States more than any other country had elastic supplies of the three crucial ingredients that went into the production of raw cotton” What were they?
labor, land, and credit
After the elimination of slavery in the United States what replaced slave labor?
share cropping
How did World War Two change the fashion business?
People became accustomed to standard sizes.
In 1796 English cotton production was 21 million yards. By 1830 that had increased to…
347 million yards.
What problem did the Cotton Gin solve?
mechanized removal of cotton seeds.
Which two prominent women were mentioned as influencing the shift to Fast Fashion firms like Zara and H&M?
Kate Middleton and Michelle Obama
