Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In the 1700s, the process of
enclosure tended to increase
a. | farming
efficiency | c. | the use of the
broadcast method of seeding | b. | farmers' reliance on a single cash crop | d. | the amount of common land available for
grazing |
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How did the crop rotation
system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution
increase crop
yields?
a. | by allowing more land to
rest | c. | by ensuring that more of the seeds
that were planted actually sprouted | b. | by increasing nutrients in the soil | d. | by decreasing the amount of land used to grow nutrient-depleting
crops |
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All of the following were
results of the agricultural revolution in Britain EXCEPT that
a. | food prices
decreased | c. | the number of
farmers increased. | b. | population increased. | d. | the average size of farms
increased. |
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Which of the following was the
first area to undergo major industrialization?
a. | banking | c. | coal mining | b. | railroads | d. | textile production |
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By the late 1700s, the best
place to find a water frame and a spinning mule was in
a. | a barn | c. | a farm house | b. | a factory | d. | an urban home |
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6.
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An entrepreneur is a type
of
a. | scientist | c. | business person | b. | inventor | d. | personal secretary |
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What machinery powered English
factories in the late 1700s
a. | electricity | c. | water wheels | b. | steam | d. | nuclear
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Multiple Response
Identify one
or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
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What were the factors that
contributed to industrialization in Britain? (pick all that apply)
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Matching
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a. | factors of
production | e. | factories | b. | entrepreneur | f. | industrialization | c. | crop rotation | g. | Industrial Revolution | d. | enclosure |
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the development of industries
for the machine production of goods
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the system of growing a
different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
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the resources needed to
produce goods and services that the Industrial
Revolution required. They included land, labor, and
capital (or wealth).
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the shift, beginning in
England during the 18th century, from making goods by
hand to making them by
machine.
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13.
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Wealthy textile merchants set
up the machines in large buildings called .
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a person who organizes,
manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
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one of the fenced-in or
hedged-in fields created by wealthy British landowners on land that was formerly worked by village
farmers
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