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The Industrial Revolution 1700 - 1850
Q.1
The Industrial Revolution was first caused by which of the following GROUPS of factors:
New raw materials available in colonies; population movement to urban centres & capital (money) available to entrepreneurs
New raw materials available in colonies & overseas; population explosion & movement of people to urban centres; new innovations in mass production
New raw materials available in colonies & royal edict of industiralisation
Q.2
In medieval times, the 'Domestic System' had produced all the goods that were generally needed for the population. After the Industrial Revolution began, the new production system used in urban areas was called:
The Mechanised System
The Modern System
The Factory System
Q.3
In order to meet the new increased demand for food, farmers switched from the medieval 3-Field System to the new.......
Fallow Field System
Double Field System
4 Field System
Q.4
What does 'Selective Breeding' mean and who introduced it?
Selecting which animals to breed for food production: James Arkwright
Selecting which breeds of animals to breed for better food production: Robert Bakewell & Thomas Coke
Selecting which breeds of animals to slaughter each year: Charles Townshend
Q.5
Charles Townshend, having visited Flanders, introduced a new method in 1730 called the 'Four-Field System'. What did the 'Four-Field System' involve?
Planting turnips in each field every two years
Planting clover (for grazing) & turnips (to replenish the soil nutrients) in the 'fourth field' every year.
Planting clover in each field every year
Q.6
Jethro Tull introduced an important invention that helped to speed up the rate of agricultural sowing & production. What was this invention called?
The Seed Drill
The Steam Engine
The Plough
Q.7
The new Mass Production System (Factory System) resulted in pressure to upgrade transportation networks. Which of the following statements is most correct in relation to Transportation during the Industrial Revolution?
New roads, canals and shipping was built throughout Britain and later the rest of Europe
Roads were improved, canals built and extensive railway networks were laid down for the transportation of raw materials (coal) and goods produced.
Roads were improved and railways were connected to canals
Q.8
Coal Mining & Iron Production were vitally important to the Industrial Revolution. Which element was used to increase the quality of iron in factories from circa. 1709 onwards?
Slag
Charcoal
Coke
Q.9
Women & children worked long hours during the Industrial Revolution. Before laws were eventually introduced in 1833 to regulate the ages and working conditions of children, at what age would a boy typically begin working in factories and/or coalmines?
12
7
5
4
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