The Industrial Revolution
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- Q1The rapid era of industrial development was known as...IndustrialisationIndustrial RevolutionMechanical RevolutionAgricultural Revolution30s
- Q2The gradual transformation of the traditional farming system that began in Britain in the 18th century.Agricultural RevolutionFrench RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionIndustrialisation30s
- Q3When land began to be fenced off into individual plots in the 1500's and 1600's, it was called...crop rotationagricultural revolutionenclosure movementindustrial revolution30s
- Q4What did Jethro Tull invent that allowed people to plant deeds in straight rows?Seed MachineSeed DrillHand DrillSeed Straightener30s
- Q5Who invented crop rotation?Charles 'Turnip' TownsendCharles TurnipTurnip TownsendTownsend Charles30s
- Q6What was crop rotation?leaving some fields unplanted for a yearPlanting different crops in the same field each yearmoving the crops around the field and planting them in different placesa system of raising animals30s
- Q7What did Jethro Wood invent?Iron PlowWooden PlowSeed DrillCrop Rotation30s
- Q8True or false - all improvements in agriculture were very expensive?TrueFalse30s
- Q9Land, Capital and Labour are...Factors of AgricultureFactors of MechanisationFactors of IndustrialisationFactors of Production30s
- Q10Which factors did Britain have which made it favourable for industrya hot climate, rivers and just the right balance of rain needed to create industrytools, machinery, equipment, rivers, coal and iron oreEnglish language, tools, machinery, and excellent food supplya large military, coal and iron ore, and well protected borders45s
- Q11when automatic machinery is used to increased the productMachinisationMechanisationTechnologicalisationIndustrialisation45s
- Q12Which instrument was described by write Daniel Defoe as being able to do in minutes what would take workers days to complete?cloth machineindustrial machinesilk-spinning machinefactory machine45s
- Q13What is the name of the instrument used for weaving threads to produce cloths?LoonBoomLoomLooney45s
- Q14Who invented the flying shuttle (mechanised loom)?Richard ArkwrightJames HargreavesEdmund CartwrightJohn Kay45s
- Q15Who invented a machine that could produce 8 times more thread than a single spinning wheel?Edmund CartwrightRichard ArkwrightJohn KayJames Hargreaves30s