GR10-SOCIAL-The Industrial Revolution

The industrial Revolution began during the 1760’s in ………………………. and took a few years before it spread into other neighboring countries.

• America

• Great Britain

• France

• Australia

The first factor why Great Britain was the first place for the industrial revolution was that Britain was a rich country with enough capital and …………………. resources to invest in new machines and factories

• social

• agricultural

• economic

• religious

The second reason was that the country had many means of transportation that severed the manufactured goods and met the needs of the supply of the market

• true

• False

-A greater demand on cotton cloth worldwide provided the British manufactures with opportunity to look for ways to increase production

• True

• False

The third factor was the change of agricultural practices following the agricultural revolution back in the ……………..

• 19th century

• 16th century

• 20th century

• 18th century

After the parliament passed the enclosure movement laws, landowners fenced off common lands. As a result, ……….. were forced to move to towns and form a strong labor forces in factories there.

• merchants

• engineers

• peasants

• accountants

Manufacturing cotton cloth required a …….-step process, and such processes were held in rural houses during the 18th century.

• three

• two

• four

• five

During the second stage, weavers would take the cotton thread and weave it into cloths on …………

• Looms

• rollers

• towers

• machines

The second stage, is the method of cotton production, was known as the …………….. industry.

• house

• apartment

• cottage

• hut

In 1764, James Hargreaves invented a machine known as the ―……………………….‖

• Chairs Jenny

• Spinning Jenny

• Rolling Jenny

• Pressing Jenny