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With Your Host... Mr. Demetral
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Define the Industrial Revolution
A period where industry moved to the production of machine made goods
In what industry did the Industrial Revolution first take off?
Agriculture (Farming)
Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain, mid 1700s A 300
List 2 resources that allowed the IR to begin where it did.
Water, Coal, Iron Ore, Natural Rivers/Harbors, Soil
List 2 factors that allowed the IR to begin where it did.
No wars fought on British soil, investments/wealth, positive attitude of the people, natural resources, willing workforce A 500
What individuals did not benefit from the IR?
Children, poor city dwellers, aristocrats, factory workers B 100
Who benefited the most from the IR?
Factory owners, merchants, skilled workers B 200
Describe the environmental effects of the IR.
Unsanitary, air/water pollution, overcrowded, filth B 300
What effect did the IR have on education? B 400
Children received little to no education, skilled workers received training in their new jobs
Explain what is meant be “new” and “old” money.
New = those who earned their wealth through the IR Old = those who inherited wealth B 500
Where did the IR spread to next? C 100
United States C 100
What was the first industry created by the IR?
Textiles C 200
What event prevented the IR from spreading throughout Europe? C 300
French Revolution, Napoleon
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
What 2 continents struggled to keep up with those who prospered during the IR? Why?
Africa and Asia, depended on agriculture and were slow to change because of their traditional customs C 400
Explain the importance of railroads to the IR.
Answers will vary C 500
Define laissez faire D 100
Belief that government should have no role in the economy
List 2 changes brought about by labor unions D 200
Better pay, shorter hours, child labor laws
Describe Karl Marx’s views on the government and the IR
Believed government should make everyone equal and that IR brought about warring social classes
Explain Adam Smith’s views of competition
Believed competition was healthy for business
Define collective bargaining
When workers meet with management to negotiate labor contracts D 500
What is the benefit of a seed drill?
Places the seed deep into the ground and in straight, predictable rows
Describe city life in the industrialized urban centers.
Overcrowded, filthy, unsanitary, disease/illness, short life expectancy
What was the benefit of hiring children to work the factories?
Lower wages, smaller hands
Explain how unions allowed for the advancement of education.
Children were no longer allowed to work long hours, and therefore could attend public schools
How did technological advancements in farming lead to a better way of life?
More food = longer lifespans
Define enclosure. F 100
Large pieces of land bought from families and used for the production of goods to be sold for profit
Define corporation F 200
A business that sells stocks to investors F 200
Define crop rotation F 300
Not allowing the same crop to be planted in the same field to allow for nutrients to replenish
Define urbanization F 400
The movement of a population from rural (farms) to urban areas
Define agricultural revolution
A drastic change in agriculture where new technology allowed for easier planting and harvesting
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Investments Click on screen to begin
Explain why stock splitting encourages growth within a company Click on screen to continue
Click on screen to continue By splitting the stock, you are encouraging investors who before could not afford the stock to buy at a cheaper price Click on screen to continue
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