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Study Guide Answers
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1.
What is the name of the manufacturing process, when people do piecework in their homes?
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cottage industry |
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In pre-factory days, what were the groups of skilled craftsmen who oversaw the quality
standards for their trades?
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guilds |
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Which country is considered to be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution?
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England |
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Name two of the natural resources that helped England to enter the Industrial Age.
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coal, iron ore, rivers, or harbors |
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What was the main source of the capital that enabled English industrialists to develop their factories?
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trade |
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The process of using coke to smelt iron replaced a less efficient method of smelting that used
__________________ .
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charcoal |
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The raw iron produced by the coke-smelting process was called ________________ iron.
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pig |
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8.
The spinning jenny was invented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
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c.) James Hargreaves |
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The water frame was invented and patented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
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a.) Richard Arkwright |
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The spinning mule, which combined the functions of the water frame and the spinning jenny, was invented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
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b.) Samuel Crompton |
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A steam-powered loom that completed the revolution in the textile industry was invented by:
a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
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d.) Edmund Cartwright |
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12.
What was the first source of improved transportation in England during the Industrial
Revolution?
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water/canals and rivers |
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13.
What is the feature in canals that permits the raising and lowering of boats from one body
of water to another?
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the lock |
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An improved version of the steam engine and other innovations that made steam power suitable for industrial usage were made by ___________________ ___________ .
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James Watt |
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The first steam locomotive to run on rails was built in 1802 by: a.) James Watt b.) Richard Trevithick c.) Puffing Billy d.) George Stephenson
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b.) Richard Trevithick |
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Who is known as the "Father of the Steam Locomotive?"
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George Stephenson |
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Workers who commit themselves to a certain term of employment under agreed upon conditions for a set length of time are said to be ____________________________ .
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indentured |
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18.
The Wealth of Nations, by author ___________ ________________ , stressed the importance of labor in an economy
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Adam Smith |
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___________ ___________________ invented the cotton gin.
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Eli Whitney |
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Which American first put all parts of textile manufacturing under one roof?
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Francis Lowell |
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