The Earth and Its Peoples, pp. 599-615
1. What role did the cotton spinning industry play in initiating the industrial
revolution?
2. Some historians have asserted that the steam engine was the single most important
invention of the industrial revolution. Give the reasons and discuss the
impact of the invention.
3. What were the negative social and environmental consequences of the industrial
revolution?
4. How and when did the industrial revolution spread from Britain to continental Europe and the United States?
The World that Trade Created, pp. 44-51, 192-4, 201-3, 237-9
1. Why did steam power increase contact, communication and trade over long distances?
2. Why did steam power change people's conceptions of time, leading
to the creation of time zones?
3. How did the industrial revolution change the way that people eat
things?
4. Why was New England the first part of the United States to industrialize?