YR 8 - Industrial Revolution [Part 1]

Question 1

Lesson 6.1:

Where did the British extend their power after the battle of Plassey?

Answer 1

India

Question 2

Who built the first factory at Cromford in Derbyshire?

Answer 2

Richard Arkwright

Question 3

When was the slave trade abolished throughout the British Empire?

Answer 3

1833

Question 4

What happened in Manchester in 1819?

Answer 4

The Peterloo Massacre

Question 5

What did the Second Reform Act give some better off working-class men?

Answer 5

The right to vote

Question 6

Lesson 6.2 A:

Before the Industrial Revolution, where did people work?

Answer 6

In their homes

Question 7

What was the population of Bradford by 1850?

Answer 7

100,000

Question 8

What machines were originally used to produce cloth?

Answer 8

Spinning wheels and handlooms

Question 9

What powered the new machines to produce cloth

Answer 9

Steam engines

Question 10

Britain became the world’s first industrial nation during which period of time?

Answer 10

1750-1850

Question 11

Lesson 6.2B:

What products were made in the mills in Manchester and Bradford?

Answer 11

Cotton and woollen cloth

Question 12

How did skilled labourers train before the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 12

By becoming apprentices

Question 13

How long were boys apprenticed for?

Answer 13

Seven years

Question 14

What was the name given to unskilled builders?

Answer 14

Navvies

Question 15

What did these unskilled builders build from the 1840s onwards?

Answer 15

The railways