Read the article When Everything Changed: The Industrial Revolution and create a table below
that categorizes the factors mentioned in the question below

What factors contributed to the Industrial Revolution originating in
Great Britain?

Social Cultural Economic Environmental Political

1. Which section of the article BEST explains how various nations changed during the Industrial
Revolution?

(A) “Early steam engines”

(B) “Why Britain?”

(C) “The spread of the Industrial Revolution”

(D) “Consequences of the Industrial Revolution”

2. Which paragraph in the section “Early steam engines” BEST describes a steam engine can
improve a machine?

3. Read the following paragraph from the section “The spread of the Industrial Revolution”.

Industrialized nations used their strong armies and navies to colonize many parts of the
world that were not industrialized. They needed raw materials for their factories. This
colonization is known as imperialism. In 1800, Europeans occupied or controlled about
34 percent of the land surface of the world. By 1914, this had risen to 84 percent.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of this paragraph?

(A) It emphasizes how important the Industrial Revolution was for everyone.

(B) It indicates that every nation was affected by the Industrial Revolution.

(C) It shows how the Industrial Revolution had an impact on nations that

were not a part of industrialization.

(D) It demonstrates that the Industrial Revolution created new opportunities for
nations that were not industrialized.

4. Why did the author MOST LIKELY choose to end with the following paragraph?

Will uncontrolled growth continue, or are we approaching the end of an unsustainable
industrial era? Whatever the future holds, we’ll be debating — and dealing with — the
consequences of modernization for years to come.

(A) to predict the future effects of the Industrial Revolution and give a call to action

(B) to illustrate the overwhelmingly negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution

(C) to show that the effects of the Industrial Revolution are largely positive

(D) to indicate that the effects of the Industrial Revolution are not fully
known, but will affect everyone

5. Explain the effects (pro/cons) of the Industrial Revolution on the world.