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Describe the purpose of the following machines _ Power Loom
a) The weaving of grass
b) A loom that weavers use to do but at a much faster speed
c) Weaving of cotton
d) None
Describe the purpose of the following machines _ water frame
a) Spun the water
b) Tested the water
c)
d) Spinning machine that work harnessing the power of water
Describe the purpose of the following machines _ Spinning Jenny
a) Collected cotton
b) Collected many threads together and spun them simutanelously
c) Collected food
d) Spun the wool
Why do you think Industrialsation led to urbanisation
a) Cause they could
b) They needed to move to cities to support themselves and families
c) The economy shifted and normal people could no longer survive in rural areas.
d) No. 2 and 3
Define Industraliasation
a) Grow animals
b) Grow vegetables
c) Process by which economy changes, usually from an agricultural economy to manufacturing goods
d) Economy is bad
Define urbanisation
a) Jobs
b) Rapid growth of cities as people move from rural areas to find employment
c) House hunting
d) Development
Why did the system change and what was the impact on an average person 4 marks
a) Late 18th century wealthy land owners with the approval of government, started closing the land
b) big fences were built, what was once common land belong to a single person for exclusive use
c) They had nowhere to farm, no means of supplying food to their families. Many were forced to move to cities
d) All
What system allowed this to happen. 2 marks
a) System of comman land
b) Farmland was open and shared with everyone to graze their livestock
c) Apartheid
d) the first 2
What kind of farming existed in Britain before the Industrial Revolution
a) Nothing
b) Subsistence farming
c) cattle farming
d) vegetable farming
Why were children used as workers in factories 2 marks
a) They were small
b) Could get into small places
c) Could be paid very little
d) All
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