Industrial revolution

Question 1

What was the Industrial revolution

Answer 1

It saw the mass production of goods, changing the countries involved from agricultural societies to industrial societies

Question 2

when was the industrial revolution

Answer 2

1760-1840

Question 3

Changes:

Answer 3

Faster method of production
Large level of production
Machines started to replace human labour
Rural to urban migration (people left farms to work in cities)

Question 4

Why did it happen

Answer 4

Agricultural Revolution, Population Growth, resources in Britain, England’s Geographical Location,
willingness to Innovate

Question 5

What happened with the population growth?

Answer 5

With the Agricultural Revolution, there was more food which increased the number of people.

There was a greater demand for food and clothes; more workers were available. Britain had enough working hands to aid its industrial growth.

	More food > More people > More demand for work

Question 6

Impact of transport

Answer 6

Better roads, canals and railways were created so that greater loads could be carried across longer distances. These routes helped connect Britain and speed up industrial growth across the whole country.

Question 7

Major inventions

Answer 7

Steam engine, light bulb, airplane, telegraph, telephone, spinning jenny, cotton gin, dynamite.

Question 8

Disadvantages:

Answer 8

Pollution and environmental damage were the obvious consequences of the industrialised world.

Question 9

Health and medicine advancements

Answer 9

hygienic practices improved
perception of doctors improved
curing of diseases
developments of vaccines
breakthroughs in surgery

Question 10

Impacts

Answer 10

Weapons, medicine, tech, transportation, population, machinery,