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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How did government most directly help create the conditions for industrialization?
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What was the main effect of the Bridgewater Canal, opened in 1761?
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After which event did Britain enjoy the political stability that helped protect property and encourage investment?
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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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Which fuel gave Britain a key advantage in powering steam engines and smelting iron?
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Roughly how did Britain's population change between c1750 and c1850?
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Why did Arkwright's water frame (1769) help move spinning out of the home and into factories?
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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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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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Roughly what happened to Britain's population across the 1700s?
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The Norfolk four-course system rotated which four crops?
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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 did Abraham Darby use in 1709 to smelt iron cheaply instead of scarce charcoal?
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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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Which invention created a thread shortage that encouraged faster spinning machines?
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