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The excerpt is from The History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, by Edward Baines.A great number of streams . . . furnish water-power adequate to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise.

A
Water supplied power and a means of transportation.
B
Water helped people build hundreds of mills.
C
Water helped people trade goods with nations overseas.
D
Water enabled people to create raw materials.
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Which of these statements describe life after the Agricultural Revolution? Choose three answers.

A
Most farmland was controlled by the wealthy.
B
People moved to cities to find work.
C
Farms produced fewer crops.
D
More people lived and worked in rural areas.
E
Landowners put enclosures around land.
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What was the most important role textiles played in the Industrial Revolution?

A
Mass-produced textiles meant that workers had more and better clothing.
B
Industrialization of the textile industry led to more demand for cotton.
C
Development of textile factories made domestic textile production obsolete.
D
Machines invented to mass-produce textiles led to other inventions.
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A
enclosed
B
common
C
under the control of the wealthy
D
highly efficient in crop production
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Before the Agricultural Revolution, many people lived in rural areas because

A
they could grow food on small areas of land.
B
nearby farms produced plenty of food.
C
they could grow crops quickly and efficiently.
D
wealthy landowners gave them jobs on farms.
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What is the best definition of the term “cottage industry”?

A
a group of cottages that serves as a factory
B
a group or community that starts an industry together
C
people who leave their homes to work for industries
D
people who produce goods out of their homes
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The Agricultural Revolution helped spark the Industrial Revolution by increasing the amount of food produced and by

A
increasing the cost of agricultural products.
B
decreasing the cost of agricultural products.
C
increasing the number of farmworkers.
D
decreasing the number of farmworkers.
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How did steam locomotives lower the cost of transporting raw materials and finished goods?

A
They cost nothing to run because they ran on steam.
B
They could transport many materials or goods at once.
C
They were uncomplicated and inexpensive to build.
D
They were safe and cut the chance of costly accidents.
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What most likely changed when cottage industries began to disappear?

A
There was a greater market for cloth and home furnishings.
B
People could not create goods as efficiently.
C
There were fewer unusual textiles and other unique items.
D
People abandoned cottages all over England.
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The cotton gin was invented by

A
Robert Fulton.
B
Henry Ford.
C
James Watt.
D
Eli Whitney.

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