Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Modern history

Answer 1

Anything after the year 1750 as it was the beginning of rapid economic and social change.

Question 2

Imperialism

Answer 2

A policy extending a countries power and influence through colonisation, use of military force or other means.

Question 3

Industrial revolution

Answer 3

Era where power driven machinery was used.

Question 4

George Stephenson

Answer 4

Developed steam-powered locomotives to pull carts along rails.

Question 5

Perspectives

Answer 5

Point of view
Position from which they see and understand events going on in the world around him.
Perspectives influence interpretations of events.

Question 6

Continuity and change

Answer 6

The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over time.

Question 7

Cause and effect

Answer 7

A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other causes.

Question 8

Evidence

Answer 8

Available body of facts or information indicating wether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

Question 9

Empathy

Answer 9

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Question 10

Contestability

Answer 10

Occurs when particular interpretations about the part are open to debate.

Question 11

Enclosures

Answer 11

Fencing off of thousands of small farms and joining them to create larger farms.

Question 12

Benefits for workers in cities

Answer 12

Improvements in farming made food cheaper and more plentiful.
Mass produced goods, such as clothing and furniture, became more affordable.
Improved public transport allowed workers to live away from factories in the newly developed suburbs.
Street lighting transformed city life, encouraging people to enjoy entertainment at theatres and in music halls at night.

Question 13

Developments that transformed Britain

Answer 13

Factories and textiles mills
Modern towns and cities
New sources of power
Improved transport and communications

Question 14

Crop rotation

Answer 14

Farmers left a field unused so land not exhausted.

Question 15

Charles Townshend

Answer 15

Introduced the four field system

Question 16

Four field system

Answer 16

Three fields were used for growing food and the fourth for animal grazing as it enriched the soil

Question 17

Robert Bakewell

Answer 17

Began selective breeding

Question 18

The factory system

Answer 18

Brought many workers together. Most were unskilled as machines did most of the work.

Question 19

The flying shuttle

Answer 19

Invented by John Kay in 1733

Introduced more efficient way of weaving on hand looms.

Question 20

The spinning Jenny

Answer 20

Invented by James Hargreaves in 1765

Helped increase the supply of yarn.

Question 21

The water frame

Answer 21

Invented by Richard Arkwright in 1768. Improved spinning Jenny as could be powered by waterwheel

Question 22

Crompton’s mule

Answer 22

Invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779 by combining spinning Jenny’s carriage and water frame’s rollers

Question 23

Henry Cort

Answer 23

In 1784 he combined two smelting processes which made large scale iron production possible.

Question 24

James Watt

Answer 24

In 1769 he made a more efficient steam engine

Question 25

Steam locomotives

Answer 25

First built in 1801 by Richard Trevithick. Were used on roads then in 1804 was used on rails.

Question 26

Steam ships

Answer 26

First steamship commercially used developed by American Robert Fulton in 1807

Question 27

Internal combustion engine

Answer 27

In 1859, Belgian engineer Etienne Lenoir made internal combustion engine

Question 28

Henry Ford

Answer 28

In 1908, Henry ford introduced production line car assembly.

Question 29

Abraham Darby

Answer 29

In 1779 he created first cast iron bridge

Question 30

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Answer 30

Known as one of the most significant British people ever. Worked on first ever tunnel passing under the River Thames, engineered the Great Western Railway, designed the first iron hulled steam powered and propeller driven ship.