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IR Textbook Section 1. Section 1 Read Aloud. 1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance. • Industrial Revolution • enclosure • crop rotation • industrialization • factors of production • factory • entrepreneur. Industrial Revolution.
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1. For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance. • Industrial Revolution • enclosure • crop rotation • industrialization • factors of production • factory • entrepreneur
Industrial Revolution The greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s
enclosure Large fields normally blocked off with fencing
crop rotation Switching what you grow each year to help keep the soil fertile
industrialization Creating machines to do your work for you and make more stuff
factors of production The resources needed to produce goods and services • Large population • Lots of natural resources • Growing economy • Stable government
factory A place where large machines would make things
entrepreneur A person that would start and own a factory
3. What were four factors that contributed to industrialization in Britain?
3. What were four factors that contributed to industrialization in Britain? • Growing population • Natural resources • Growing economy • Stable government
4. How did rising population helpthe Industrial Revolution? An increase in population led to them buying more things. This led to more people working in factories than farming.
5. What American invention aided the British textile industry?
5. What American invention aided the British textile industry? The cotton gin
6. EVALUATING Was the revolution in agriculture necessary to the Industrial Revolution? Explain.
6. EVALUATING Was the revolution in agriculture necessary to the Industrial Revolution? Explain. An increasing population boosted the demand for food and goods such as cloth. As farmers lost their land to large enclosed farms, many became factory workers.
7. MAKING INFERENCES What effect did entrepreneurs have upon the Industrial Revolution?
7. MAKING INFERENCES What effect did entrepreneurs have upon the Industrial Revolution? These people owned the businesses that gave people factory work. They could also afford to pay people to invent new machines.
8. FORMING AND SUPPORTING OPINIONS Do you agree or disagree with the statement that the steam engine wasthe greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution? Why?
8. FORMING AND SUPPORTING OPINIONS Do you agree or disagree with the statement that the steam engine wasthe greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution? Why? The steam engine made large factories possible and also improved transportation. The steam engine allowed people to build factories all over Europe.