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Before the Industrial Revolution most people lived in small communities and farms and made things like clothing by hand. What is that called?
Village Factory
Cottage System
Factory System
Home Industry
The use of simple machines and methods like crop rotation helped increase the amount of food grown which began what farming revolution in England?
Crop Revolution
Farming Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Farming Exploration
What major effect did the Agricultural Revolution have on population?
population decreased
population increased
population didn't change
population barely changed
What is it called when people use machines to do work that had been performed by humans and animals ?
Communism
Mass Production
Industrialism
Humanism
What is the movement from rural areas (country) to urban (Cities) areas called?
Moving
colonization
inflation
urbanization
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
The Textile Industry in England
The farming industry in France
The Factory System in America
Steel Industry in Germany
What system brought machines and workers together in one place to produce goods?
Cottage System
Water System
Factory System
Steam System
What invention powered factories and allowed factories to be built anywhere, also powered ships and railroads ?
Spinning Jenny
Steam Engine
Power Saw
Sail Boats
What invention was faster, cheaper, connected cities and countries and was the biggest improvement in land transportation to that point ?
Walking
Wagons
Ships
The Railroad
What is the making of large amounts of a product(goods) using machines called?
Mass Production
Good Making
Cottage System
Machine Products
What impact did factories like the one shown have on people's health and the environment ?
Created Air and Water Pollution
Caused Health Problems for people who lived and worked around them.
Contained dangers conditions in which workers often were injured or killed.
All the above are true
Why did people move from farms and small communities to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?
people could earn more on the farms than in factories
people were moving to the country for fresh air
people could earn more in a factory than on the farms
people were moving to the cities to get away from their families
Which of the following was NOT part of daily life for workers in the factories of the Industrial Revolution ?
Low wages
Safe working conditions
Dangerous working conditions
Widespread pollution
Businesses that people can buy shares of to own part of the company are called what?
companies
stocks
corporations
shares
What best describes who the people are and what action they are taking in this Industrial Revolution image?
Workers celebrating their high wages
Union workers conducting a strike demanding higher pay
Factory owners demanding lower worker pay
Women asking for jobs in factories
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