Industrial technologies and mechanisation Questionbank

It provided fuel for the transition from water power to steam power

It prevented the region from ever needing to use the railway system

It allowed the region to sell coal to farmers instead of making cloth

It meant that workers did not need to live in cities

A lack of accessible coastal ports

Weak transport networks, such as railways and all-weather roads

An overabundance of mountain ranges

A lack of fast-flowing rivers

Workers gained more flexible working hours and less direct supervision.

Workers faced more rigid working schedules and increased levels of supervision.

Workers maintained control over their own tools and production pace.

Workers benefited from a decentralized and autonomous work environment.

It concentrated labour under one roof, allowing for increased supervision and longer hours.

It provided workers with more flexible working conditions and greater independence in their own homes.

It relied on a decentralized production model that reduced the costs of urban infrastructure.

It prioritized the use of traditional hand-tools to ensure the uniqueness of each product.

The United Nations restricted the sale of steam engines to only three countries

Mechanization only works in cold climates, so southern countries could not industrialize

Differences in access to raw materials, capital, transport networks, and political stability

All countries had the same access to coal and iron, but some chose not to use them

resistance to Western technology

lack of agricultural labor

abundance of cheap coal

pro-modernization government

True

False

Half

Ten percent

One quarter

Ninety percent

it relied exclusively on human strength to operate.

it required water power and led to the creation of the first true factories.

it was the first machine to use electricity for mass production.

it was small enough to be used in traditional cottage industries.

By providing capital derived from the cotton trade

By lobbying the government for lower taxes on wool

By traveling to China to study silk-making techniques

By inventing the first steam-powered weaving machines