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Before the Industrial Revolution, industry was based in homes, characterised by high-intensity labor. This was known as
Cottage industries
Home-factory system
Feudalism
Assembly line industry
Deindustrialization
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Industrial Revolution (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions
8 mins8 questions
21 mark
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin before diffusing across the world?
France
The United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
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31 mark
The idea that wealth is measured by how much gold and silver a country has is known as
Imperialism
Mercantilism
Colonialism
Capitalism
Feudalism
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41 mark
Why was England the hearth of the Industrial Revolution?
England invented the steam engine
England first introduced enclosure acts
England had heavy iron and coal deposits
England at the time was a very powerful country
More people moved from rural to urban areas as rural England didn’t offer a prosperous life
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51 mark
Why was the steam engine so vital in the Industrial Revolution?
It meant goods production became faster, cheaper and easier
It meant more people could move from place to place
It was a vital tool in the mechanization of agriculture
It triggered the second agricultural revolution
It caused an increase in factory workers and a decline in cottage-industry workers
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61 mark
The spinning jenny refers to what in the Industrial Revolution
A machine used to help farmers increase their yield
A machine that planted seeds at a uniform depth
A machine that helped to separate cotton seeds from the fiber
The mechanization of thread-spinning
The mechanization of weaving
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71 mark
How did the Industrial Revolution change class structures?
It resulted in the removal of the middle class
It resulted in a rise in the wealthy upper class
The factory workers replaced cottage-industry workers
Cottage-industry workers increased
The middle class decreased in size
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81 mark
The demand for products as workers and owners made more money, caused the emergence of
Industrialism
Consumerism
Urbanization
Colonialism
Inflation
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