The Industrial Revolution

Questions

1. In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

   • Britain
   • France
   • Russia
   • Spain
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   Britain

2. What was the main change when work moved from homes into factories?

   • Farmers made most goods
   • Goods were made by machines in large buildings
   • Goods were made only by hand
   • Workers owned all the tools
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   Goods were made by machines in large buildings

3. Which industry led the way in early factory production in Britain?

   • Aircraft building
   • Car making
   • Cotton textiles
   • Oil refining
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   Cotton textiles

4. Which fuel was burned in most steam engines of the Industrial Revolution?

   • Coal
   • Natural gas
   • Solar energy
   • Uranium
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   Coal

5. Who greatly improved the steam engine in the 1760s and 1770s?

   • Charles Darwin
   • Isaac Newton
   • James Watt
   • Samuel Morse
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   James Watt

6. Steam engines allowed factories to be built away from fast-flowing rivers. (True or false?)

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   True

7. Which early railway opened in 1825 in northern England?

   • Glasgow Subway
   • Great Western Canal
   • London and Paris Railway
   • Stockton and Darlington Railway
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   Stockton and Darlington Railway

8. How did railways mainly change trade and travel?

   • Goods and people moved faster and cheaper
   • Roads were no longer needed
   • Trade stopped between towns
   • Travel became slower but safer
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   Goods and people moved faster and cheaper

9. What was the famous locomotive built by George Stephenson and his son in 1829? (Answer out loud)

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   The Rocket

10. Industrial cities grew quickly because many people moved there to find work. (True or false?)

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    True

11. What word describes the movement of people from farms to towns and cities? (Answer out loud)

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    Urbanisation (migration to cities)

12. Which problem was common in crowded industrial cities?

    • Clean air everywhere
    • Dirty water and disease
    • Empty streets
    • Too few workers
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    Dirty water and disease

13. Children were never employed in factories during the Industrial Revolution. (True or false?)

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    False

14. Which Arkwright invention used water power to spin cotton thread?

    • The safety lamp
    • The steam hammer
    • The telegraph
    • The water frame
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    The water frame

15. Which invention of 1733 by John Kay sped up weaving?

    • The cotton gin
    • The flying shuttle
    • The power loom
    • The spinning mule
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    The flying shuttle

16. Which machine, invented by James Hargreaves, spun several threads at once? (Answer out loud)

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    The spinning jenny

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