Unit 12: Paper 2 — Origins, Development and Impact of Industrialization (1750–2005)
Topic 12.2: Development of industrialization Questions
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Which German region held huge coal deposits next to iron, becoming the heart of its coal and steel industry?
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Under the Meiji reforms from 1868, how did the Japanese state help industry begin?
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Which three industries led the FIRST wave of the early Industrial Revolution?
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Analyse the importance of the Bessemer process and the second industrial revolution in the development of industrialisation.
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Around which years did the Luddites smash machines in protest?
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To what extent was interdependence between industries responsible for the growth of industrialisation?
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Which deadly disease spread through industrial cities because of dirty water and poor sanitation?
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Examine the importance of natural resources to the industrialization of two countries, each chosen from a different region.
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Compare and contrast the contributions of two entrepreneurs to industrialisation.
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Examine the significance of steamships in the development of industrialization.
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At which 1829 event did George Stephenson's Rocket win a contest to find the best locomotive?
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Evaluate the significance of cotton textiles as the pioneer industry of the Industrial Revolution.
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Examine the reasons why the factory system replaced domestic production during industrialisation.
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Evaluate the impact of mechanisation on skilled artisans during the Industrial Revolution.
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What does the term 'time discipline' mean in the context of the factory system?
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Examine the effects of the factory system on the daily lives of workers.
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Which entrepreneur is often called the 'father of the factory system' for building water-powered cotton mills?
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Discuss the view that technological innovation was the most important cause of industrialisation.
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Discuss the view that the transport revolution brought more benefits than problems to industrial society.
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In which year was the Bessemer process, which made steel cheap in large amounts, introduced?
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