Industrial Revolution Flashcards Exam Questions with Correct Answers

The shift from agriculture to industrialism Correct Answer This included the following: people began to work any times that their boss needed them, instead of the hours of daylight. People became specialized, being good at one specific thing, instead of the Jack-of-all-trades farmers. Instead of villages and cottages, cities formed. Enclosure Correct Answer When the government takes over and fences off land formerly owned by peasants. The population change as a result of the industrial revolution Correct Answer This exploded, creating bigger farms (which helped fight famine) and more workers, to tend the farms. Coal Correct Answer This was used for energy, which helped Thomas Newcomen develop the steam engine, later to be improved by James Watt. Iron Correct Answer This was used in the Industrial Revolution, and modified when Abraham Darby invented smelting and was able to extract this from the ore, making it cheaper and better quality. Resources, Economics, and Political and Social Conditions Correct Answer Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Britain? Coal and Iron Correct Answer What resources did Britain have that encouraged the start of the Industrial Revolution? Good trading and lots of capital Correct Answer What economic advantages did Britain have that enabled it to be the start of the Industrial Revolution? Strong navy, stable government, and work-centered religious ideas Correct Answer What political and social conditions encouraged the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain? Capital Correct Answer Wealth available for investment "Putting out" System Correct Answer This system involved a factory giving a product (raw cotton, for example) to peasants to spin, and when they were finished they would send their finished product back to the factory and get paid. Inventions of the Industrial Revolution Correct Answer Some of these include the flying shuttle, the spinning Jenny, and the waterframe.