8.1: Industrial Revolution

The ​ (a)   Revolution describes the transition from making goods by ​ (b)  

to making goods using​ (c)   in ​ (d)   . It began in ​ (e)  

• Industrial
• hand
• machines
• factories
• Britain
• Germany
• United States
• Manufacturing
• Commercial

The process of developing machines to produce goods

The “ingredients” necessary to produce goods are called the “factors of _____________"

A large building where machinery is used to manufacture goods

The growth of cities and the process of people moving into them

The ___________ class is made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people and wealthy farmers. All of these people fall between the wealthy upper class and the poor working class.

Who worked in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

• Men

• Women

• Children

• Only men

Which factors led to the Industrial Revolution?

• New sources of energy (coal and steam)

• Improvements in transportation and communication

• Use of iron and steel to build

• New, more efficient machines

Land, capital, and labor are all examples of:

• Factors of production

• Factors of manufacturing

• Means of production

• Means of manufacturing

Sort of effects into positive and negative categories

Groups:

(a) Positive

,

(b) Negative

• Dirty overcrowded neighborhoods led to disease

• Poor working conditions

• Low wages kept workers trapped in poverty

• Improved communication networks

• Allowed nations to build wealth

• Improved transportation networks