Unit 10 Review Questions

Question 1

What were the four natural resources needed for British industrialization

Answer 1

Water power, coal, iron ore, natural rivers and harbors

Question 2

How did the enclosure movement change agriculture in England

Answer 2

Landowners tried new agricultural methods and large landowners forced small farmers up farming and move to the cities.

Question 3

Name two inventions that were created during the industrial revolution

Answer 3

1. Seed Drill
2. Cotton Gin
3. Steam Engine

Question 4

Describe the living conditions in Britain during industrialization

Answer 4

No development plans, no sanitation codes, or building codes, sickness and disease spread easily

Question 5

How did the new middle class transform the social structure of Great Britain during industrialization

Answer 5

Poorer people started to become more wealthy and become more powerful

Question 6

How did industrialization affect Manchester’s natural environment

Answer 6

Lack of adequate housing, education, and police protection. No indoor plumbing, garage out in the streets

Question 7

Why were other European countries slower to industrialize than Britain

Answer 7

Britain had favorable Geography good financial systems, political stability and important natural resources available

Question 8

What helps to explain the rise of global inequality during the industrial revolution

Answer 8

Industrialized countries needed natural resources and customers from less developed countries, which lead to things like slavery

Question 9

What were the two warring classes that Marx and Engels outlines in the communist manifesto

Answer 9

The bourgeoisie or the employers

The proletariat or the workers

Question 10

Name two ways women fought for change during the industrial revolution

Answer 10

Served as safety inspectors, rallied for abolition of slavery, and founded the international council for women