ORIGIN OF INDUSTRY

1. Regarding the Industrial Revolution:

What?
Was the series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of
manufacturing goods.
Where?
Originated in northern England
When?
During the second half of the eighteenth century
2. Cottage Industry: Industry before the Industrial Revolution was widespread, rather than strongly
localized (clustered) and was known as cottage industry. Define this term.

The cottage Industry meant the home-based manufacturing.

3. Iron Industry: How did iron industry change as a result of James Watt's steam engine?
It made it used to provide a practical way to keep the ovens constantly heated for iron
4. Coal:
a. define coke: High-quality iron smelted with purified carbon made from coal
b. How is the distribution of steel and iron industry influenced by coal?
Coal was a lot more important to help create power and heat
5. Transportation:
a. Why was development in transportation necessary?
To move a large amount of supplies like iron
b. What two forms of transportation grew rapidly?
Rail Roads and Canals
6. Textiles:
a. define: textiles
Cloth that has been spun and put into a thread
b. How did steam power transform this industry?
The creation of mills
7. Chemicals:
a. What is the purpose of the chemical industry?
To Bleach and dye cloths
b. How are clothes dyed?
Bleach cotton with sulfuric acid
8. Food Processing: How did the industrial revolution and factory system contribute to the
growth of food processing?
New idea of canning food in glass bottles sterilized in boiling water

9. Fill in the chart below for Europes industrial areas:

Industrial Region

Goods Manufactured
Steel and Textiles

Significant Facts about the region

First to enter industrial revolution

Iron and Steel

Concentrated in one or two cities

Steel, fibers, dyes, and

pharmaceuticals

Largest amount of iron contained

here

Textile

Southern Europe's oldest industrial

area

Motor vehicles

Western Europe's Fastest growing

industrial area

Fabrics and skilled labor usage

Russia's oldest industrial area

Ship Building

Eastern Europe's second largest

city

Motor Vehicle and oil refining

Russia's largest petroleum and

natural gas Fields

Steel, chemicals, machinery,

metal fabricating

all types of minerals here

Iron and steel factories

Russia's most important industry

here

Iron and Steel

Major plants

Lots of Steel

Eastern Europe's leading industry

United Kingdom
Rhine-Ruhr Valley
Mid-Rhine
Po Basin
Northeastern Spain
Moscow
st. peters burg
Volga
Urals
Kuznetsk
Donetsk
Silesia
10. Fill in the chart below on North Americas Industrial areas:
Industrial Region

Goods Manufactured
Textiles

Significant facts about the region

one of the oldest industrial areas

Goods Manufactured
Trade

Significant facts about the region

one of the largest ports

New England
Industrial Region
Middle Atlantic

Steel and food processing

linear industrial belt

Steel

leading steel production

motor vehicle manufacturers

Hub of nation's transportation

network

Textile and furniture

production

leading industrial areas

Paper, Flour, textile, and sugar

one of the most important industrial

areas

Mohawk Valley
Pittsburgh Lake Erie
Western Great Lakes
Southern California
Southeastern Ontario

11. Fill in the chart below on East Asias industrial areas:

Industrial Region

Japan
China

Goods Manufactured

automobiles, ships,
cameras, stereos, and
televisions
textiles and apparel, steel,
and many household
products

Significant facts about the region

Became a industrial power

low labor cost

INDUSTRIAL REGIONS
12. Besides the top three industrial regions of the world, what two other countries are leading
industrial producers?
Brazil and India
13. What did the U.S. textile industry grow rapidly after 1808?
Rhode Island
14. What area in U.S. does manufacturing concentrate in? Why is it concentrated there?
North eastern quadrant of the US, because of dominance through a combination of historical and
environmental factors