True or false on industrialisation

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Factories began the industrial age in Europe.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Guilds kept new merchants out of the towns.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   England had thousands of steam engines by 1800.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The gomastha was paid by the Company.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The jobber was usually a trusted old worker.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Iron and steel came before textiles in India.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation