Question 1 of 5
What did a factory concentrate in one workplace?
Answer & explanation
Workers and powered machinery
Factory work brought workers and machines together, unlike household-based hand production.
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Question 2 of 5
Which power source became especially important to early factory machinery and transport?
Answer & explanation
Steam
Steam engines powered production and later locomotives and boats, reducing dependence on particular wind or water conditions.
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Question 3 of 5
Which change marked the first Industrial Revolution in Britain?
Answer & explanation
Greater use of machines in production
Machinery and new power sources made factory production increasingly important, changing how goods and labor were organized.
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Question 4 of 5
In the early nineteenth century, what did independence movements in Spanish America seek to end?
Answer & explanation
Spanish colonial rule
Different movements challenged Spanish colonial authority, though independence did not give every social group equal power.
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Question 5 of 5
What term names the growing use of machines and factories to make goods?
Answer & explanation
Industrialization
Industrialization changes how goods are made and how work is organized, rather than naming one invention.
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- Factories, machinery and steam power
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