World History

Question 1

When and where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Answer 1

Great Britain Late 1700s

Question 2

What is the term for the growth and development of cities

Answer 2

Urbanization

Question 3

Who developed the seed drill?

Answer 3

Jethro Tull

Question 4

What was the first industry to be impacted by the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 4

Textile Industry

Question 5

What was the pull factor that attracted people to live in the cities during the 1800s?

Answer 5

Job opportunities

Question 6

Term for a person that organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of a business.

Answer 6

Entrepreneur

Question 7

What European nation developed into an industrial and military giant as a result o the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 7

Great Britain

Question 8

What new social class developed during the Industrial Revolution - consisting of skilled workers, business people, teachers and lawyers?

Answer 8

The middle class

Question 9

After which war did the US become an industrial power?

Answer 9

World War 1

Question 10

What is the term for part ownership of a business?

Answer 10

Stock

Question 11

What nation’s industrial development was similar to Great Britain’s - similar resources, government support, bank support and large workforce?

Answer 11

United States

Question 12

Who developed a fuel efficient, faster steam engine, completely transforming how machinery is powered and how people and goods travel?

Answer 12

James Watt

Question 13

What is the term for an increase in machine made goods beginning in England in the 1700s?

Answer 13

Industrial Revolution

Question 14

How did the Agricultural Revolution help to start the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 14

Increased food production
Labor surplus

Question 15

How did geography help industry to develop in certain areas and keep it from developing in others?

Answer 15

Geographic factors were crucial in determining industrial success

Question 16

Define pull factor and push factor.

Answer 16

Pull factor - draws you away
Pull factor - draws to a new location

Question 17

What geographical features made transportation and communication difficult in:
Spain
Italy
Austria-Hungary

Answer 17

Spain - mountains, limited navigable rivers
Italy - apennines, fragmented coastline
Austria-Hungary - Alps carpathians, diverse landscapes and culture

Question 18

What country industrialized as a result of being threatened western industrial powers?

Answer 18

Japan

Question 19

What forced small farmers to move from rural to urban areas in the early 1700s?

Answer 19

Enclosure movement

Question 20

List and explain the 3 factors of production.

Answer 20

Land - refers to all natural resources
Labor - represents the human effort and skills
Capital - includes all man made resources used in production

Question 21

What railway was constructed across Russia to connect Europe to Asia?

Answer 21

Trans-Siberian Railway

Question 22

What invention revolutionized transportation?

Answer 22

Steam engine

Question 23

Identify 4 textile inventions.

Answer 23

Flying shuttle
water frame
spinning mule
power loom

Question 24

Industrialized countries will compete for __________ and ____________.

Answer 24

resources
markets

Question 25

What region of the US industrialized first?

Answer 25

Northeast

Question 26

What were the power loom and spinning mule? Where would you likely find them?

Answer 26

big machines in a factory

Question 27

How was the city of Manchester, England characteristic of both the positives and negatives of industrialization?

Answer 27

positive: produced goods = increased wealth negative: poor working and living conditions, low wages

Question 28

Why did factory owners prefer to hire women and children?

Answer 28

They could be paid less than men.

Question 29

How did industrialization lead to urbanization?

Answer 29

The population will grow because there is people that are moving to the city to get a job

Question 30

What does it mean for an industry to be "mechanized"?

Answer 30

it means using machines to work

Question 31

Where did industrialization tend to occur?

Answer 31

to use waterways to transport people

Question 32

How did the Industrial Revolution shift the balance of power?

Answer 32

The rise of new global powers, intense competition, and shifts in social Germany, Japan, US, Britain

Question 33

Why was unplanned urban growth a problem in the early to mid 1800s?

Answer 33

overcrowding, disease and lack of sanitation

Question 34

Positives of Industrialization

Answer 34

increased production innovation and urbanization

Question 35

Negatives of Industrialization

Answer 35

pollution poor living conditions worker exploration decline in craftsmanship

Question 36

List and explain 4 factors that helped England to Industrialize first.

Answer 36

water power and coal to fuel the new machines because you will need water power to get water iron are to construct machines, tools and building because people had to be able to work in a factory rivers for inland transportation because people had to be able to go place to place harbors from which merchant ships set sail because they had to make it everywhere they needed to be

Question 37

What was the Agricultural Revolution?

Answer 37

Agricultural Revolution was a peroid of significant technological advancements in farming practices that led to increased food production

Question 38

List 4 ways that railroads changed society

Answer 38

enabled growth of industries spurred westward expansion created new jobs improved communication

Question 39

There were social, political and economic effects of RR and the Industrial Revolution. Give 1 example of each

Answer 39

political: government regulation social: urbanization economic: mass production