CH. 10.1 and 11.1 Industrial Revolution Study Guide
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Industrial Revolution
1. When do historians date the start of the Industrial Revolution?
2. Why did most of the people live in the country before the Industrial Revolution?
3. What was England’s population in 1700?
4. Why were the European villages isolated?
5. Where did the term “cottage industry” get its name?
6. Why did rural families participate in cottage industry?
7. What advantages did cottage industry offer to the merchants?
8. What problems did the merchants face with cottage industry?
9. What goods were commonly produced by cottage industry?
10. What was the primary occupation of most of the people involved with cottage industry?
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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?
Geography Connection: Use this map and/or
the map on pg. 179 to answer questions 1-2.
1. Which major ports are located along
coalfields?
2. What geographical factors
help explain why industrialization
began in Great Britain?
See Pg. 176 in text to answer the
next question: What five factors caused the
Ind. Rev. to start in Great Britain?
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Cotton Production and New Factories: See Pg. 177 to complete chart.
Technological
Advances /
Inventions
Spinning jenny
Inventor
Significance
Water-powered
loom
Steam engine
The Factory
Cold, Iron, and Railroads: See Pg. 178 to complete the chart.
Resource
Coal
Importance to the Industrial Revolution
Iron
Transportation
Importance to the success of the Industrial Revolution
Railroads
The Spread of Industrialization: See Pg. 179-180 to complete chart.
Continent
The rest of
Europe
United
States
Factors that led to the spread of Industrialization
In Summary: Write a paragraph discussing how the Industrial Revolution was able to spread so rapidly.
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Industrial Revolution: Document Based Questions
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New Ways of Thinking
Questions:
1. What does laissez-faire mean?
2. Why did some middle-class business leaders support laissez-faire?
3. What concerns did Thomas Malthus have about laissez-faire?
4. British philosopher and economist Jeremy Bentham supported a more
“softer” version of laissez-faire called utilitarianism. What is utilitarianism?
5. What did John Stuart Mill believe in? But he also believed?
6. To end poverty and injustice, some offered a radical solution called
socialism. What is socialism?
7. Who is Robert Owen? How was his utopian societies structured?
8. What are the main ideas of Karl Marx’s theory?