Industrial Revolution Study Guide

Question #1 What are 3 reasons Great Britian was such a good location for the Industrial Revolution to begin?

Answer #1 Abundance of natural resources Stable government Growing population

Question # 2 Before the Industrial Revolution, where did most people live and work?

Answer # 2 Before the I.R. people lived in rural areas and labored on farms or cottage industries

Question # 3 What were 3 positives of the IR?

Answer # 3 Better production of goods and food New inventions and technologies Growing economy (new jobs)

quesiton #4 What are 3 negatives of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer # 4 Pollution Disease Overcrowded cities Child labor Terrible treatment of workers

Question # 5 What is Industrialization?

Answer # 5 Industrialization is the period of economic and social change when people transformed from rural agricultural societies to urban societies based on manufacturing.

Question # 6 What is a Labor Union?

Answer # 6 Labor Unions- An organization formed to protect the rights of workers. Their goal is to make things better for workers.

Question # 7 What is a Strike?

Answer # 7 When workers refuse to work until certain conditions are met. Usually organized by Unions.

Question # 8 Why do you think Labor Unions began during this time period?

Answer # 8 Conditions were so bad, and pay was so low, that the workers had to find a way to make things better. So they organized into unions.

Question # 9 List 4 inventions during the Industrial Revolution. Explain what they did and how did they affect peoples lives.

Answer # 9 Spinning Jenny Steam Engine Power Loom Cotton Gin Locomotive (see inventions PPT for explanation)

Question # 10 Put the following events into chronological order: Industrial Revolution, American Revolution, Renaissance, Enlightenment.

Answer # 10 Renaissance Enlightenment American Revolution Industrial Revolution

Question # 11 Why were children used in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer # 11 Children could be forced to work for less money. Generally children have less rights and are more vulnerable than adults.

Question # 12 Describe the living conditions in cities during the Industrial Revolution.

Answer # 12 Generally the conditions were bad. There was little clean drinking water, housing was terrible, disease was common. Cities were overcrowded, dangerous and dirty.

Question # 13 How did the Industrial Revolution differ from other revolutions we have studied.

Answer # 13 The American and French Revolutions were revolutions to change government. The Industrial revolution was a change in the way people lived and how things were made...

Answer # 13 cont... During the I.R. people went from living in rural areas to cities. Economies changed from farming to industrial manufacturing.