Vocabulary Test is on Friday, study your definitions and the questions below for your test.
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Chapter 17 Study Questions and answers for Lesson 1 and 3
This began in Britain and changed the way people lived and worked. What was it?
* Industrial Revolution
_____________________ means alternating the kind of crops planted in a field from year to year.
* Crop rotation
____________________ is cloth or the cloth industry.
* Textile
_____________________ is when families worked in their small homes, or cottages, to make cloth from cotton and wool supplied to them by a merchant
* Cottage industry
____________________ is large building where goods are made.
* factories
A _____________________ is a legal document guaranteeing that only the inventor has the right to make and sell the new idea or product.
* patent
_________________ is used to manufacture goods.
* Raw materials
An ___________________ is a person who takes a financial risk by putting up money to start a business.
* entrepreneur
An ___________________ is the way a country produces and uses goods and services.
* Economic system
A ____________________ is one that does not see much change over time.
* Traditional economy
In a __________________the government owns almost all land and natural resources.
* Command economy
In a __________________ the people decide which goods and services they will buy.
* Market economy
When an individual buys a product or service, he or she is showing a _____________ for that product or service.
* demand
If there is a great demand, the provider will increase the _________, or amount offered for sale.
* supply
__________________ is an economic system in which individuals invest money, or capital, in businesses.
* capitalism
________________ is letting the economy continue without interference from the government.
* Laissez-faire
A system in which people choose how they make and spend their money is called ______________.
* Free enterprise
The action of refusing to work until certain requirements are met is called ______________________.
* strike
Some workers thought they could get better results if they formed groups called ______________________.
* Labor unions
Under ___________________ the government owns all industries and runs them for the benefit of all the people.
* socialism
Believers in a perfect society are called _______________________.
* utopians
What goal did Owen and Marx share?
All people were equal
According to Adam Smith, how would capitalism benefit both owners and workers?
* The owners would make a profit
* Workers would have a job and wages
How were Europeans divided into social classes as the Industrial Revolution took hold?
* Wealthy landowners
* Middle class workers
* Factory and farm workers
Chapter 17 Lesson 1
Study Questions and answers
Why would an iron plow be better than a wooden plow?
* Because an iron plow would be stronger, making it less likely to break
Why might it be said that if the flying shuttle had not been invented, the spinning jenny would not have been invented?
* With the flying shuttle, cloth could be woven so quickly that thread could no longer be spun fast enough
* The spinning jenny was invented to spin thread faster
What new ways of farming did British farmers introduce?
* Iron plows
* Seed drills
* Crop rotation
How did new technology change the textile industry?
* The spinning frame
* The power loom
* Other new technology speeded up the production of cloth and created the need for factories
Why did Britain lead the way in the Industrial Revolution?
* Britain encouraged experimenting
* Had many natural resources
* Colonies provided many low cost raw materials
* There was a growing demand for goods
Do you think the British could have led the Industrial Revolution if Britain had not had coal and iron? Explain your answer.
* Yes
* Because British colonies supplied important raw materials
* No
* Because coal was needed to run machines in the factories
Why did the invention of different types of machines increase after 1769?
* Because the new machines used steam engines which had been perfected in 1769
What area of Britain had the greatest number of industries?
* The south around Manchester
* Liverpool
* London
What was life like for working people during the Industrial Revolution?
* Long hours in the factories
* Unhealthy working conditions and living conditions
What steps did the industrial countries take to find new markets and new sources of raw materials?
* Established colonies in Asia and Africa
* Signed new trade agreements
Why did Britain and other industrial nations want more colonies?
* They needed new markets for their goods and new sources of raw materials
What effect did crop rotation have on farming?
* It made soil more fertile
What did the spinning jenny, the power loom, and the flying shuttle help to create?
* Helped create the need for textile factories
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