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Historical Data

Choose the correct answer for each question. Read each question carefully, as as wrong answer will lose you marks! || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 * 1 |||||| What was the Industrial Revolution? ||
 * ||  ||   || The industries set up after the French and American Revolutions ||
 * ||  ||   || The acceleration of technical and economic development that begun in Britain around 1750 ||
 * ||  ||   || Where all the poorly paid industrial workers finally had enough and all stopped work at once around 5.30 in the afternoon ||
 * 2 |||||| What was the 'new' industry dominated by? ||
 * ||  ||   || Machinery and Manufacturing ||
 * ||  ||   || Farms and Animals ||
 * ||  ||   || Selling and Servicing ||
 * 3 |||||| Which statement is the best summary of the economy in 1750? ||
 * ||  ||   || Heavy manufacturing, lots of pollution ||
 * ||  ||   || Water powered factories, some pollution ||
 * ||  ||   || Based on agriculture, growing and selling produce ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">4 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">What 'class' did the Industrial Revolution create? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">9N2 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">A landowners class ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">An urban middle class ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">An urban working class ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">5 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">What led to population explosion in England? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">National Health Service ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Better jobs, more money ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Soap, diet, sanitation ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Freedom, improved health, fewer deaths ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">6 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Why do some historians dislike the term 'Industrial Revolution'? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">They feel 'revolution' means a dramatic change, but the real change was gradual and varied ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">They hate using the word revolution if America or France are not involved ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">They feel 'industrial' is incorrect, implying some sense of mechanised change, where the real change began much earlier ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">7 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">What changes did the Industrial revolution NOT see? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">New materials, new energy sources and new machinery ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Improved transport, division of labour and new employer-employee relationships ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">A reduction in the manufacturing section, combined with an increase in primary production ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">8 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">What led to political changes? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Improved knowledge due to better education ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">A population willing to fight for their rights ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Increased wealth of the new manufacturing classes ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">9 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Which areas of Britain grew the most? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Countryside ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Urban areas ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Coastal ports ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Wales ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">10 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Which industry saw the earliest benefit of innovations? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">The canal transportation industry ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">The railways ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">The textile industry ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">The agricultural industry ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">11 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Which is probably the most important devlopment? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">The railways replacing the canals ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Steam replacing water power ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Machinery replacing people ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">12 |||||| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">When and where was Britain described as 'the workshop of the world'? ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">In 1750 when the Americans predicted the 'revolution' to come ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">In 1800 at the Paris Industrial Conference ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">In 1851 at the Great Exhibition ||