Unit 12: Paper 2 — Origins, Development and Impact of Industrialization (1750–2005)
Topic 12.1: Origins and causes of industrialization Questions
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Which farming change involved fencing off open village fields into larger private farms?
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What was the putting-out system also known as?
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Which city, the heart of the Lancashire cotton industry, earned the nickname 'Cottonopolis'?
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Why was it important that Britain's coal and iron ore were often found near each other?
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What did James Watt add to the steam engine in 1769 to make it far more efficient?
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Which fuel gave Britain a key advantage in powering steam engines and smelting iron?
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Discuss the role of government in creating the conditions for industrialization.
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Discuss the view that empire and naval strength were the decisive factors behind Britain's industrialization.
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Examine the relationship between population growth and the agricultural revolution as causes of industrialization.
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Examine the view that industrialization began in Britain rather than elsewhere because of the combination of its resources, geography and government.
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Discuss the view that cheap iron was the foundation of early industrialization.
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Examine the reasons why industrialization began when and where it did.
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To what extent was population growth a cause rather than an effect of Britain's industrialization (c1750–1850)?
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Discuss the argument that industrialization was the product of long-term pre-conditions rather than sudden change.
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Compare and contrast the importance of textile innovation and the steam engine in the origins of industrialization.
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To what extent were the driving forces more important than the enabling conditions in causing industrialization?
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Analyse the shift from the putting-out system to the factory system during Britain's industrialization.
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Evaluate the claim that no single factor was sufficient to cause industrialization on its own.
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Analyse the importance of natural resources and geography in the origins of industrialization.
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Compare and contrast the importance of economic factors and enabling conditions in causing industrialization.
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