Standards Test Flashcards
What was the first sector of the British economy to industrialize?
The textile industry
Why did the factories change how work was done?
Because the factory system brought large numbers of people together at set times
What cause the formation of a working-class and the growth of the middle class?
The Industrial Revolution
What was the key to the Japanese expansion?
Industrialization
What gave British industrialists access to a large number of workers because fewer workers were needed to produce food?
Agricultural improvements
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
In Great Britain
What allowed factories to be free from having to be located beside the river for power?
The invention of the Steam engine
What increased overseas trade by reducing travel times?
Steam power
What did business invest in to increase production?
Machinery
What were the flying shuttle spinning Jenny water frame and power loom?
Inventions associated with the increased production of cloth
Who invented the steam engine?
James Watt
What enabled fewer workers to produce more cotton?
The cotton gin
Who developed a procedure that may production of steel cheaper and easier?
Henry Bessemer
Who was a French scientist who made many discoveries about about bacteria and immunity?
Louis pasture
Who invented pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur
