INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Railroads allowed goods to travel over land, but shipping by sea remained the most important method of transporting goods.
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Rivers, ports, canals, and railroads aided the shipment of goods to many places.
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Improvements in shipping led most industries to send goods to markets overseas.
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Transportation played little role in industrialization until the arrival of railroads and the ability to move goods over land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best explains how transportation technology advanced the Industrial Revolution? Rivers, ports, canals, and railroads aided the shipment of goods to many places.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement best explains how improved transportation technologies affected the economies of ancient civilizations? Armies could supply troops in distant lands, making it easier to gain wealth through conquest.
Detailed explanation-3: -The invention of the railroad and the steam powered locomotive opened up a whole new world in transportation. Now trains could travel wherever tracks could be built. Transportation was no longer limited to rivers and canals.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Transporting coal through canals was cheaper and faster than doing it by road. Railways provided faster, cheaper and more reliable means of transport; for both goods and people.