Lesson 1: The Industrial Age

Question 1

The excerpt is from The History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, by Edward Baines.A great number of streams . . . furnish water-power adequate to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise.

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A: Water supplied power and a means of transportation.

Question 2

An effect of the Industrial Revolution was that wages around the world

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B: increased.

Question 3

An effect of the steamboat’s popularity was that

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C: people began to build canals in the United States and Europe.

Question 4

During the Agricultural Revolution, what was the main advantage of tenant farming rather than moving to the city for work?

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A: Tenant farmers could use a skill they already had rather than starting over.

Question 5

What role did crop rotation play in the Agricultural Revolution?

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D: It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.

Question 6

What is the best definition of the term “cottage industry”?

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D: people who produce goods out of their homes

Question 7

Which of these statements describe life after the Agricultural Revolution? Choose three answers.Most farmland was controlled by the wealthy.People moved to cities to find work.Farms produced fewer crops.More people lived and worked in rural areas.Landowners put enclosures around land.

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A: Most farmland was controlled by the wealthy.; B: People moved to cities to find work.; E: Landowners put enclosures around land.

Question 8

The purpose of a spinning jenny was to

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A: increase the speed of textile production.

Question 9

James Watt played an important role in the Industrial Revolution by

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B: making steam engines a reliable power source.

Question 10

Before the Agricultural Revolution, many people lived in rural areas because

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A: they could grow food on small areas of land.

Lesson 1: The Industrial Age Answers

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